For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 29, 2005

Memorandum for the Director OMB

SUBJECT: Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Telecommunications

By virtue of the authority vested in me 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 functions of the President under section 414 of the Transportation, Treasury, Independent Agencies, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2005 (Division H of Public Law 108-447), and the authority to issue regulations to which section 414 refers.

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

GEORGE W. BUSH

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