[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26709-26710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2367]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 91 / Friday, May 11, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13431 of May 8, 2007

                
Establishment of Temporary Organization To 
                Facilitate United States Government Assistance for 
                Transition in Iraq

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes 
                (22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United 
                States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment. There is established within 
                the Department of State, in accordance with section 
                3161 of title 5, United States Code, a temporary 
                organization to be known as the Iraq Transition 
                Assistance Office (ITAO).

                Sec. 2. Purpose of the Temporary Organization. The 
                purpose of the ITAO shall be to perform the specific 
                project of supporting executive departments and 
                agencies in concluding remaining large infrastructure 
                projects expeditiously in Iraq, in facilitating Iraq's 
                transition to self-sufficiency, and in maintaining an 
                effective diplomatic presence in Iraq.

                Sec. 3. Functions of the Temporary Organization. In 
                carrying out its purpose set forth in section 2, the 
                ITAO shall:

                (a) support executive departments and agencies in Iraq 
                in their implementation of United States Government 
                foreign assistance in Iraq;

                (b) continue coordination, oversight, and reporting 
                concerning remaining Iraq Relief and Reconstruction 
                Fund (IRRF) monies;

                (c) assume the functions assigned to the Iraq 
                Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) remaining as of 
                the date of this order; and

                (d) perform such other functions related to the 
                specific project set forth in section 2 as the 
                Secretary of State (Secretary) may assign.

                Sec. 4. Personnel and Administration. (a) The ITAO 
                shall be headed by a Director selected by the 
                Secretary.

                (b) The Secretary shall transfer from the IRMO to the 
                ITAO the personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of 
                the IRMO.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be 
                implemented in accordance with applicable law, subject 
                to the availability of appropriations, and consistent 
                with presidential guidance.

                (b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create 
                any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or 
                procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 
                party against the United States, its departments, 
                agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers 
                or employees, or any other person.

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                (c) The ITAO shall terminate at the end of the maximum 
                period permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title 5, 
                United States Code, unless sooner terminated by the 
                Secretary.
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                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     May 8, 2007.

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