[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 52 (Monday, January 1, 2007)]
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Memorandum on Assignment of Function Under Section 721(k) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950

December 29, 2006

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury

Subject: Assignment of Function Under Section 721(k) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950

    By the authority vested in me 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 function of the President under section 
721(k) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2170(k)), 
for purposes of submitting such report by February 28, 2007.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:49 a.m., January 4, 
2007]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on 
January 5, 2007.