Memorandum for the Director of the National Science Foundation Subject: Assignment of Reporting Function
By 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 conferred upon the President by Public Law 98-373 (15 U.S.C. 4107(b) and 4108(a)), to provide the specified report and plan to the Congress.
You are 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 February 18. An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum. This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.
George W. Bush, Memorandum on Assignment of Reporting Function Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/216651