*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2018 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Authorities Under Section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 **

*April 4, 2018 *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence *

*Subject: *Delegation of Authorities Under Section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

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 Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91).

The delegations 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 Energy is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*

DONALD J. TRUMP

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., April 6, 2018]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on April 9.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, delegation of authority, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Defense and national security : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201800217.