For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 9, 2007
Memorandum for the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
SUBJECT: Reimbursement for Former President Gerald R. Ford Funeral Expenses
Pursuant to the authority vested in me as the President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States including Public Law 110-5, the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, I hereby authorize the expenditure from the appropriation, "Unanticipated Needs:"
To Amount
Gerald R. Ford Foundation, $230,600.08
Executive Office of the President
White House Office account, $24,808.00
To defray expenses incurred as a result of the funeral services for former President Gerald R. Ford.
I hereby determine that this expenditure is necessary to meet unanticipated needs in furtherance of the national interest.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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