[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 44 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Certain Reporting Functions

November 2, 2002

Memorandum for the Secretary of the State

Subject: Assignment of Certain Reporting Functions

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, I hereby assign to you the functions of the President 
contained within section 1205 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314) to provide the specified 
report to the Congress.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush