[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 50 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Pages 1766-1767]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Transfer of Funds Appropriated to the President Under the 
Heading Operating Expenses of the Coalition Provisional Authority, and 
Delegation of the Functions of the President Under the Heading Iraq 
Relief and Reconstruction Fund, in the Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and 
Afghanistan, 2004

December 5, 2003

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

Subject: Transfer of Funds Appropriated to the President under the 
heading Operating

Expenses of the Coalition Provisional Authority, and Delegation of the 
Functions of the President under the heading Iraq Relief and 
Reconstruction Fund, in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 
for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States of America, including section 632 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2392), I hereby direct as 
follows:
    1. The funds appropriated to the President under the heading 
Operating Expenses of the Coalition Provisional Authority in the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the 
Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106), or in 
any subsequent appropriation under this heading, are transferred to the 
Secretary of Defense, for an account designated Operating Expenses of 
the Coalition Provisional Authority, International Reconstruction and 
Other Assistance, Army.
    2. The memorandum entitled, ``Delegation of the Functions of the 
President under the heading Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund in the 
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003'', dated May 6, 
2003, is amended by inserting ``or in any subsequent appropriation under 
this heading,'' after the phrase, ``(Public Law 108-11),''. It is 
further amended by deleting all references to ``the Office of 
Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance'' or ``ORHA,'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``the Coalition Provisional Authority'' or ``CPA,'' 
respectively.
    The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the Federal Register.

                                                George W. Bush

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum. This item was not received in time for publication in 
the appropriate issue.

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