[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 7 (Monday, February 19, 2007)]
[Page 174]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Functions Relating to the Transfer of a Ship 
to the Government of Greece

February 15, 2007

Memorandum for the the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of 
State

Subject: Assignment of Functions Relating to the Transfer of a Ship to 
the Government of Greece

    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, 
and section 1019 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364) (the ``Act''), I hereby assign 
to the Secretary of Transportation the functions of the President under 
section 1019 of the Act. The Secretary of Transportation should consult 
the Secretary of State as appropriate in the performance of such 
functions.
    The Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 
publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:24 a.m., February 
16, 2007]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on February 16, and it will be published in the Federal Register on 
February 20.