[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 27 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[Page 1132]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 124 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

July 2, 2002

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 124 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the 
United States of America, you are delegated the authority and assigned 
the responsibility of the President under section 124(b) of the Floyd D. 
Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public 
Law 106-398).
    The authority delegated by this memorandum may be redelegated, in 
writing, not lower than the Under Secretary of Defense level.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 3.