[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 30 (Monday, July 29, 2002)]
[Page 1247]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority With Respect to Concluding 
Amendments to the Agreement Concerning Trade in Certain Steel Products 
From the Russian Federation

July 23, 2002

Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce

Subject: Delegation of Authority With Respect to Concluding Amendments 
to the July 12, 1999, Agreement Concerning Trade in Certain Steel 
Products from the Russian Federation

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, it is hereby ordered that the Secretary of Commerce is 
designated and empowered to exercise, following consultations with the 
United States Trade Representative and other agencies as appropriate, 
the authority vested in the President to conclude amendments to the July 
12, 1999, Agreement Concerning Trade in Certain Steel Products from the 
Russian Federation in accordance with Article XI of the 1990 Agreement 
on Trade Relations between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation, and title IV of the Trade Act of 1974. The Secretary may 
exercise such authority without approval, ratification, or other action 
of the President.
    As the Secretary of Commerce may direct, the Assistant Secretary for 
Import Administration is authorized to exercise the authority vested in 
the Secretary by this memorandum.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 25, 
2002]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 24, and it was published in the Federal Register on July 26.