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Memorandum on Assignment of Functions Relating to Import Restrictions on Iraqi Antiquities

May 05, 2006

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security

Subject: Assignment of Functions Relating to Import Restrictions on Iraqi Antiquities

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, the functions of the President under section 3002 of the Emergency Protection for Iraqi Cultural Antiquities Act of 2004 (title III of Public Law 108-429) are assigned to the Secretary of State. In the performance of such functions, the Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of other departments and agencies, as appropriate.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on May 8.

George W. Bush, Memorandum on Assignment of Functions Relating to Import Restrictions on Iraqi Antiquities Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/215512

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