[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 40 (Monday, October 8, 2007)]
[Pages 1273-1274]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Specified Reporting and Determination 
Functions Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Certain 
Education Abroad

September 28, 2007

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Director of National Intelligence

Subject: Assignment of Specified Reporting and Determination Functions 
Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Certain Education 
Abroad

    By virtue of 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, I hereby assign to the Secretary of State 
the functions of the President under sections 2041(d)(3), 2042(c)(1), 
2042(d), and 2043(c)(1) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53)(the ``9/11 Act'') and section 
7114(b)(6) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108-458), as amended. <FP<ls-thn-eq>The Secretary of 
State shall consult with:
(1)          the Secretary of Defense in the performance of the 
            functions in section 2041(d)(3) of the 9/11 Act; and
(2)          the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National 
            Intelligence in the performance of the functions in section 
            2043(c)(1) of the 9/11 Act.

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    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 September 28, 2007.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 3, 
2007]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on October 
4. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate 
issue.