Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Nuclear Energy Facilities

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 37627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3384]

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Part IV

The President

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Memorandum of July 3, 2007--Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to
Nuclear Energy Facilities

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Title 3--
The President

Memorandum of July 3, 2007

Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to
Nuclear Energy Facilities

Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human
Services[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the Secretary of
Homeland Security[,] the Chairman of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission[, and] the Director of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy

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,
and section 204(b) of the National Science and
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of
1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6613(b)), the functions of
the President under section 127 of the Public Health
Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107-188) (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b note)
are assigned as follows:

(1) the function of making a determination under subsection 127(f) of
Public Law 107-188 is assigned to the Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy; and

(2) the functions of the President under section 127 of Public Law 107-188
other than that assigned under subsection 127(f) are assigned to the
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

In the performance of such functions the Chairman and
the Director should consult each other and the
Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Energy, and
Homeland Security, as appropriate.

The Director is authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register.