*Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Pursuant to Section 3139(a) and (b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 **

*March 18, 2016 *

*Memorandum for the Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security *

*Subject: *Delegation of Authority Pursuant to Section 3139(a) and (b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

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 the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 3139(a) and (b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92), to the Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security.

The Director of National Intelligence is 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., March 22, 2016]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on March 23.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, delegation of authority, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Defense and national security : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201600164.