[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 21 (Monday, May 29, 2006)]
[Page 1033]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Certain Functions Related to the Use of 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds for States Outside the Former Soviet 
Union

May 26, 2006

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intelligence

Subject: Assignment of Certain Functions Related to the Use of 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds for States Outside the Former Soviet 
Union

    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 the Secretary of State the functions of 
the President under:
    (1) subsection 1203(d) of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 
1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952(d)), as it relates to section 1308(e) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (22 U.S.C. 
5963);
    (2) subsections 1306(a) and (b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314), as amended 
(22 U.S.C. 5952 note), as they relate to section 1308(e); and
    (3) section 1304 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163).
    The Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of Defense prior 
to making a determination specified in section 1308(a)(2).
    The Secretary of State is 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.