[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 43 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Designation and Authorization To Perform Functions Under 
Section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act

October 21, 2004

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Subject: Designation and Authorization to Perform Functions Under 
Section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, I hereby direct you to perform the functions vested in the 
President under section 319F-2(c)(6) of the Public Health Service Act, 
42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(c)(6).
    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

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum.