Delegation of Authority to Appoint Commissioned

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Title 3--

The President

Memorandum of June 1, 2010

Delegation of Authority to Appoint Commissioned

Officers of the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public

Health Service

Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human

Services

By virtue of 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 of the President

under section 203 of the Public Health Service Act, as

amended by Public Law 111-148, to appoint commissioned

officers of the Ready Reserve Corps. The exercise of

this authority is limited to appointments of

individuals who were extended offers of employment for

appointment and call to active duty in the Reserve

Corps of the Public Health Service with an appointment

date subsequent to March 23, 2010, the date of

enactment of Public Law 111-148, but who were not on

active duty on that date, and those individuals who are

selected for the 2010 Commissioned Officer Student

Training and Extern Program. This authority may not be

re-delegated.

You are authorized and directed to publish this

memorandum in the Federal Register.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, June 1, 2010