[Federal Register: August 19, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 160)]
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                        Presidential Documents 




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Title 3--
The President

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                Memorandum of April 21, 2005

 
                Memorandum on Assignment of Reporting Functions 
                under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
                Act of 2004

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary 
                of Defense[,] the Director of National Intelligence[,] 
                the Attorney General[, and] the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and laws of the United States, including 
                section 301 of title 3, United States Code:

1. The reporting functions of the President under sections 4026(a)(4)(A), 
4026(c)(2), 7104(e)(4)(A), 7202(d), 7204(c)(1)-(2), and 7119(a) of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
458, 118 Stat. 3638) (the ``Act'') are hereby assigned to the Secretary of 
State.

The reporting function under section 7202(d) of the Act on the Human 
Smuggling and Trafficking Center shall be coordinated with the Attorney 
General and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Heads of departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, 
furnish to the Secretary of State information the Secretary requests to 
perform such functions, in the format and on the schedule specified by the 
Secretary.

2. The reporting function of the President under section 7104(i) of the Act 
is hereby assigned to the Secretary of Defense.

Heads of departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, 
furnish to the Secretary of Defense information the Secretary requests to 
perform such functions, in the format and on the schedule specified by the 
Secretary.

3. The reporting functions under sections 1022 and 1094 of the Act are 
hereby assigned to the Director of National Intelligence.

Heads of departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, 
furnish to the Director of National Intelligence information the Director 
requests to perform such functions, in the format and on the schedule 
specified by the Director.

                The Secretaries of State and Defense, and the Director 
                of National Intelligence shall perform such functions 
                in a manner consistent with the President's 
                constitutional authority to withhold information the 
                disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, 
                national security, the deliberative processes of the 
                Executive, or the performance of the Executive's 
                constitutional duties.

                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.

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

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, April 21, 2005.

[FR Doc. 05-16628
Filed 8-18-05; 8:45 am]

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