*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2018 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 **

*October 29, 2018 *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of National Intelligence *

*Subject: *Memorandum on Delegation of Authority under Section 1244 of the 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 State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of National Intelligence, the authority to submit to the Congress the certification required by section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232).

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 State 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., November 9, 2018]

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

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

*Subjects:* Defense and national security : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201800744.