[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 30 (Monday, July 30, 2007)]
[Page 1004]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Resuming the Powers and Duties of the 
President of the United States

July 21, 2007

Dear Madame Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    In accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Twenty-Fifth 
Amendment to the United States Constitution, this letter shall 
constitute my written declaration that I am presently able to resume the 
discharge of the Constitutional powers and duties of the office of the 
President of the United States. With the transmittal of this letter, I 
am resuming those powers and duties effective immediately.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and Robert C. Byrd, President pro tempore of the 
Senate.