[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 28 (Monday, July 12, 2004)]
[Pages 1206-1207]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 517(a) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

July 5, 2004

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 517(a) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004

    By the authority vested in me the Constitution and the laws of the 
United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, I hereby delegate to you the authority vested in the 
President under section 517(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136).
    The authority delegated by this memorandum may be redelegated in 
writing no lower than the Under Secretary of Defense level.
    Any reference in this memorandum to the provision of any Act shall 
be deemed to include references to any hereafter-enacted provision of 
law that is the same or substantially the same as such provision.
    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 13, 
2004]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 6, and it will be published in the Federal Register on July 14.

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