[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 33 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Page 1139]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Function Under Sections 1001(a) and (b) of 
the America COMPETES Act To Convene a National Science and Technology 
Summit and Submit a Report to the Congress Detailing the Results of the 
Summit

August 18, 2008

Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy

Subject: Assignment of Function Under Sections 1001(a) and (b) of the 
America COMPETES Act To Convene a National Science and Technology Summit 
and Submit a Report to the Congress Detailing the Results of the Summit

    By the authority vested in me as President of the United States by 
the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby assign to you the 
function of the President under sections 1001(a) and (b) of the America 
COMPETES Act (Public Law 110-69).
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on August 19. An original was not available for verification of the 
content of this memorandum.