[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 8 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
[Page 273]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Reporting Function

February 17, 2005

Memorandum for the Director of the National Science Foundation

Subject: Assignment of Reporting Function

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, I hereby assign to you the functions conferred upon the 
President by Public Law 98-373 (15 U.S.C. 4107(b) and 4108(a)), to 
provide the specified report and plan to the Congress.
    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 February 18. 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.