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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 9, 2007
Executive Order: Establishment of Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq
Establishment of Temporary Organization to Facilitate United States
Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including section 202 of the
Revised Statutes (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established within the
Department of State, in accordance with section 3161 of title 5, United
States Code, a temporary organization to be known as the Iraq Transition
Assistance Office (ITAO).
Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization. The purpose of the
ITAO shall be to perform the specific project of supporting executive
departments and agencies in concluding remaining large infrastructure
projects expeditiously in Iraq, in facilitating Iraq's transition to
self-sufficiency, and in maintaining an effective diplomatic presence in
Iraq.
Sec. 3. Functions of the Temporary Organization. In carrying out
its purpose set forth in section 2, the ITAO shall:
(a) support executive departments and agencies in Iraq in their
implementation of United States Government foreign assistance in Iraq;
(b) continue coordination, oversight, and reporting concerning
remaining Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) monies;
(c) assume the functions assigned to the Iraq Reconstruction
Management Office (IRMO) remaining as of the date of this order; and
(d) perform such other functions related to the specific project
set forth in section 2 as the Secretary of State (Secretary) may assign.
Sec. 4. Personnel and Administration. (a) The ITAO shall be
headed by a Director selected by the Secretary.
(b) The Secretary shall transfer from the IRMO to the ITAO the
personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of the IRMO.
Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented
in accordance with applicable law, subject to the availability of
appropriations, and consistent with presidential guidance.
(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right,
benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or
in equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or
any other person.
(c) The ITAO shall terminate at the end of the maximum period
permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, unless
sooner terminated by the Secretary.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 8, 2007.
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