[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 27 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Page 910]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Nuclear Energy 
Facilities

July 3, 2007

Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Chairman of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy

Subject: Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Nuclear Energy 
Facilities

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, and section 204(b) of the National Science and Technology 
Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
6613(b)), the functions of the President under section 127 of the Public 
Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-188) (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b note) are assigned as follows:
    (1) the function of making a determination under subsection 127(f) 
of Public Law 107-188 is assigned to the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy; and
    (2) the functions of the President under section 127 of Public Law 
107-188 other than that assigned under subsection 127(f) are assigned to 
the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    In the performance of such functions the Chairman and the Director 
should consult each other and the Secretaries of Health and Human 
Services, Energy, and Homeland Security, as appropriate.
    The Director is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum 
in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:57 a.m., July 9, 
2007]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 6, and it will be published in the Federal Register on July 10.