    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book I)]
    [March 23, 2006]
    [Page 561]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on the National Flood Insurance Program
    March 23, 2006

    Memorandum for the Secretary of the Homeland Security
    Subject: National Flood Insurance Program
        Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws
    of the United States, including 42 U.S.C. 4016, I have reviewed and
    hereby approve your request to issue notes to the Secretary of the
    Treasury in excess of $18.5 billion, but not to exceed $20.775 billion,
    for the National Flood Insurance Program.

                                                              George W. Bush