*Administration of Barack Obama, 2015 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Sections 506(a)(1) and 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 **

*September 29, 2015 *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject:* Delegation of Authority Under Sections 506(a)(1) and 552(c)(2) 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:

(1) The authority under section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) to direct the drawdown of up to $20 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense and military education and training to provide assistance for the Government of Ukraine, and to make the determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown; and

(2) The authority under section 552(c)(2) of the FAA to direct the drawdown of up to $1.5 million in nonlethal commodities and services from any agency of the United States Government to provide assistance for the Government of Ukraine, 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

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 9, 2015]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on October 13.

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

*Subjects:* Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority; Ukraine : U.S. assistance.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201500669.