[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 51 (Monday, December 29, 2008)]
[Pages 1581-1582]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Reporting Function Under Section 14(b) of 
the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act 
of 2008

December 23, 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Assignment of Reporting Function Under Section 14(b) of the Tom 
Lantos Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008

    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 you the function 
conferred upon the President by section 14(b) of the Tom Lantos

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Block Burmese Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE) Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110-286).
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush