[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 32 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Page 1067]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Reimbursement for Former President Gerald R. Ford Funeral 
Expenses

August 9, 2007

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Subject: Reimbursement for Former President Gerald R. Ford Funeral 
Expenses

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as the President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States including Public Law 110-
5, the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, I hereby 
authorize the expenditure from the appropriation, ``Unanticipated 
Needs:''

To                                               Amount
 
Gerald R. Ford Foundation,                       $230,600.08
 
Executive Office of the President
White House Office account,                      $24,808.00
 

    To defray expenses incurred as a result of the funeral services for 
former President Gerald R. Ford.
    I hereby determine that this expenditure is necessary to meet 
unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest.

                                                          George W. Bush