[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 22 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 703 of the Security 
Assistance Act of 2000

May 31, 2001

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 703 of the Security 
Assistance Act of 2000

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the authority 
vested in me under section 703 of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106-280).
    The authority delegated by this memorandum may be redelegated not 
lower than the Assistant Secretary level.
    Any reference in this memorandum to the provision of any Act shall 
be deemed to include references to any hereafter-enacted provision of 
law that is the same or substantially the same as such provision.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum.