For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 13, 2005

Memorandum for the Director of OMB

SUBJECT: Assignment of Function to Submit a Report to the Congress

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, the function of the President of providing to the Congress a report under section 9012 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108 287) is assigned to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

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

GEORGE W. BUSH

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