For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 21, 2005

Memorandum for the Secretary of the Interior

SUBJECT: Assignment of Reporting Functions

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 104(h) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108 188).

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

GEORGE W. BUSH

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