[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 26 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Pages 864-865]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Functions Under Section 1035 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

June 26, 2007

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Assignment of Functions Under Section 1035 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007

    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, I hereby assign to the Secretary of Defense the functions 
of the President under section 1035 of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364). The 
Secretary of State, and the heads of other executive departments and 
agencies identified in the report required under section 1035, should 
concur with the report.
    The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

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 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:29 a.m., June 29, 
2007]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on July 2.