[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 19 (Monday, May 14, 2007)]
[Pages 598-599]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13431--Establishment of Temporary Organization To 
Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq

May 8, 2007

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 202 of the 
Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United 
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established within the Department 
of State, in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, United States 
Code, a temporary organization to be known as the Iraq Transition 
Assistance Office (ITAO).
    Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization. The purpose of the 
ITAO shall be to perform the specific project of supporting executive 
departments and agencies in concluding remaining large infrastructure 
projects expeditiously in Iraq, in facilitating Iraq's transition to 
self-sufficiency, and in maintaining an effective diplomatic presence in 
Iraq.
    Sec. 3. Functions of the Temporary Organization. In carrying out its 
purpose set forth in section 2, the ITAO shall:
    (a) support executive departments and agencies in Iraq in their 
implementation of United States Government foreign assistance in Iraq;

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    (b) continue coordination, oversight, and reporting concerning 
remaining Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) monies;
    (c) assume the functions assigned to the Iraq Reconstruction 
Management Office (IRMO) remaining as of the date of this order; and
    (d) perform such other functions related to the specific project set 
forth in section 2 as the Secretary of State (Secretary) may assign.
    Sec. 4. Personnel and Administration. (a) The ITAO shall be headed 
by a Director selected by the Secretary.
    (b) The Secretary shall transfer from the IRMO to the ITAO the 
personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the IRMO.
    Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented in 
accordance with applicable law, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, and consistent with presidential guidance.
    (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, 
benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or 
in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, 
agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or 
any other person.
    (c) The ITAO shall terminate at the end of the maximum period 
permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, unless 
sooner terminated by the Secretary.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 May 8, 2007.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 10, 
2007]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on May 9, and it was published in the Federal Register on May 
11.