[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 50 (Monday, December 18, 2006)]
[Page 2162]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13418--Amendment to Executive Order 13317, Volunteers 
for Prosperity

December 14, 2006

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and to add combating malaria 
as one of the objectives of the global prosperity agenda, it is hereby 
ordered that section 1(a) of Executive Order 13317 of September 25, 
2003, is amended by:
 (a)         striking ``, and stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS.'' and 
            inserting in lieu thereof ``, stemming the spread of HIV/
            AIDS and controlling malaria.''; and
 (b)         striking ``, and the Middle East Partnership Initiative.'' 
            and inserting in lieu thereof ``, the Middle East 
            Partnership Initiative, and the President's Malaria 
            Initiative.''.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 December 14, 2006.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., December 15, 
2006]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
December 18.