*Administration of Barack Obama, 2015 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 **

*September 24, 2015 *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject:* Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

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, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the drawdown of up to $45 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to support their efforts against Boko Haram, and to make the determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201500645.