For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 5, 2003
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
SUBJECT: Transfer of Funds Appropriated to the President
under the
heading Operating Expenses of the Coalition Provisional
Authority, and Delegation of the Functions of the
President under the heading Iraq Relief and
Reconstruction Fund, in the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction
of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004
By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of
the United States of America, including section 632 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2392), I hereby direct as
follows:
1. The funds appropriated to the President under the heading
Operating Expenses of the Coalition Provisional Authority in the
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the
Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106), or
in any subsequent appropriation under this heading, are transferred to
the Secretary of Defense, for an account designated Operating Expenses
of the Coalition Provisional Authority, International Reconstruction
and Other Assistance, Army.
2. The memorandum entitled, "Delegation of the Functions of the
President under the heading Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund in the
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003", dated May 6,
2003, is amended by inserting "or in any subsequent appropriation under
this heading," after the phrase, "(Public Law 108-11),". It is further
amended by deleting all references to "the Office of Reconstruction and
Humanitarian Assistance" or "ORHA," and inserting in lieu thereof "the
Coalition Provisional Authority" or "CPA," respectively.
The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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