Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1343107-2367
Establishment of Temporary Organization To Facilitate United States Government Assistance for Transition in Iraq
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May 11, 2007
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May 8, 2007
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 91 (Friday, May 11, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 07-2367]
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 91 / Friday, May 11, 2007 /
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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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THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 8, 2007.
[FR Doc. 07-2367
Filed 5-10-07; 8:45 am]
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