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**Assignment of Reporting Function**
**Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce**
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 316 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1451, *et seq.* ).
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register* .
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THE WHITE HOUSE,