[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 10 (Monday, March 12, 2007)]
[Page 263]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Procurement 
Sanctions on Persons Engaging in Export Activities that Contribute to 
Proliferation

March 5, 2007

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

Subject: Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Procurement 
Sanctions on Persons Engaging in Export Activities that Contribute to 
Proliferation

    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 section 821 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 
U.S.C. 6301) are assigned to the Secretary of State, except that the 
function of the President under section 821(c)(2)(A) is assigned to the 
Secretary of Defense.
    In the performance of their respective functions under this 
memorandum, the Secretaries of State and Defense shall, as appropriate, 
consult each other, the Secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce, and 
the heads of other departments and agencies.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., March 12, 
2007]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on March 
13.