[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 28 (Monday, July 14, 2003)]
[Page 892]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 204(a) of the 
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-174)

July 8, 2003

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 204(a) of the 
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-174)

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 
I hereby delegate to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
(OPM) the authority vested in the President by section 204(a) of the 
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act 
of 2002 (the ``Act'') (Public Law 107-174). The Director of OPM shall 
ensure that rules, regulations, and guidelines issued in the exercise of 
such authority take appropriate account of the needs of executive 
agencies in the accomplishment of their respective missions, 
specifically including the specialized needs of agencies with 
diplomatic, military, intelligence, law enforcement, security, and 
protective missions. The Director shall consult the Attorney General and 
such other officers of the executive branch as the Director of OPM may 
determine appropriate in the exercise of authority delegated by this 
memorandum.
    This memorandum is intended to improve the internal management of 
the Federal Government and is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or 
equity or otherwise against the United States, its departments, 
agencies, instrumentalities, entities, officers or employees, or any 
other person.
    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 9.