[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 21 (Monday, May 29, 2006)]
[Pages 1031-1032]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to the Global War 
on Terror

May 25, 2006

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

Subject: Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to the Global War on 
Terror

    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, the functions of the President under the heading 
``Peacekeeping Operations'' in chapter 2 of title II in Division A of 
the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 
War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13) are assigned 
to the Secretary of State. The Secretary should consult the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget as appropriate in the performance of 
such functions.

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    The Secretary of State is 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 May 26. An original was not available for verification of the content 
of this memorandum.