Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2018

October 16, 2018

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 1604(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

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 Defense and the Secretary of Commerce the authority to transmit to the Congress the plan required by section 1604(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115â232).

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

The Secretary of Defense 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., October 18, 2018] NOTE: This notice was published in the *Federal Register *on October 19.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, delegation of authority, memorandum.

Subjects: Defense and national security : John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.

DCPD Number: DCPD201800706.

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