[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Pages 555-556]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of the Functions of the President Under the 
Heading ``Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund'' in the Emergency Wartime 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003

May 6, 2003

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Subject: Delegation of the functions of the President under the heading 
``Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund'' in the Emergency Wartime 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003

    The functions of the President under the heading ``Iraq Relief and 
Reconstruction Fund'' in the Emergency Wartime Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11), including with respect to 
apportionment, reimbursement, consultation, transfer of funds, 
retransfer of funds, and acceptance and crediting of contributions, are 
assigned to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
    In accordance with Presidential direction relating to Iraq relief 
and reconstruction, multiple agencies are deployed with the Office of 
Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) and are serving as 
implementing partners or executing agents for programs and projects. 
These agencies will identify funding requirements for such programs and 
projects through ORHA. OMB will work with ORHA to transfer funds to the 
appropriate implementing agency. The Director of OMB shall coordinate 
with the Secretary of Defense or his designee prior to apportioning 
funds. With respect to programs administered by the Department of State 
or the United States Agency for International Development, the Director 
of OMB shall coordinate with the Secretary of State or his designee 
prior to apportioning funds.
    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized 
and directed to

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publish this Memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:40 a.m., May 8, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on May 7, and it was published in the Federal Register on May 9.