For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 27, 2005
Executive Order: Assignment of Functions Relating to Original Appointments as Commissioned Officers and Chief Warrant Officer Appointments in the Armed Forces
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Assignment of Functions to the Secretary of Defense. The
Secretary of Defense shall perform the functions of the President under the
following provisions of title 10, United States Code:
(a) subsection 531(a)(1); and
(b) the second sentence of subsection 571(b).
Sec. 2. Reassignment of Functions Assigned. The Secretary of Defense may
not reassign the functions assigned to him by this order.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to limit or otherwise affect the authority of the President as Commander in
Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, or under the Constitution
and laws of the United States to nominate or to make or terminate
appointments.
(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities,
officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 27, 2005.
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