For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 18, 2005

Memorandum for the Director of the National Science Foundation

SUBJECT: Delegation of Reporting Function

By 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 delegate to you the functions conferred upon the President by Public Law 98373 (15 U.S.C. 4107(b) and 4108(a)), to provide the specified report and plan to the Congress.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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