[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 28 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1998

July 8, 1998

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 1406(b) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3 of the 
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the 
functions conferred upon the President by section 1406(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-
85).
    The authority delegated by this memorandum may be redelegated not 
lower than the Under Secretary level.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton