L. Paul Bremer, Coalition Provisional Authority

“ Office of the Council of Ministers, which served under the previous regime,
shall be dissolved immediately prior to the transfer of full governing
authority to the Iraqi Interim Government. Each employee, if he or she
chooses, shall be transferred at that time with his or her rank to the Office
of Surplus Personnel in the Ministry of Finance for reassignment to other
civil service employment within the federal government. In the alternative,
each employee may choose to retire and, in such a case, the employee shall
receive his or her pension pursuant to Iraqi law. ”

“ CPA Order Number 38, Reconstruction Levy
Section 2 (2) shall be rescinded in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“The Reconstruction Levy shall not apply to (a) Multinational Forces and
departments and agencies of Multinational Force Governments and (b) Foreign
(non-Iraqi) employees and foreign (non-Iraqi) contractors and subcontractors
of Multinational Force Governments as specifically defined in CPA Order
Number 17 (Revised) , (CPA/ORD/27 June 2004/17) .” ”

“ All powers, authorities, and responsibilities granted to the Administrator under any
law, regulation, order, memorandum, instruction or directive of the CPA transfer
to the Prime Minister and shall be exercised pursuant to law, including the TAL
and its Annex. As the official with day-to-day responsibility for management of
the federal government, the Prime Minister may delegate such powers and
responsibilities to an appropriate minister or ministry. ”