*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2018 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under Section 1252 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 **

*February 8, 2018 *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense *

*Subject: *Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under Section 1252 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

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, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 1252 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328).

The delegation in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions of any future public law that are the same or substantially the same as the provision referenced in this memorandum.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*.

DONALD J. TRUMP

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

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, delegation of functions and authorities under Section 1252, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Defense and national security : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201800080.