[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 31 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
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[Online from the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assignment of Reporting Function

August 5, 2005

Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce

Subject: Assignment of Reporting Function

    By virtue of 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, I hereby assign to you the functions of the 
President under section 316 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.).
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:05 a.m., August 8, 
2005]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on 
August 9.