Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2019

Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018

July 19, 2019

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy

Subject: Delegation of Authority under the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 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 State the authority vested in the President by section 306(a)(1) of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–409) with respect to establishing a comprehensive Indo-Pacific Energy Strategy, which shall be done with the concurrence of the Secretary of Energy.

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., August 2, 2019]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on August 5.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018, delegation of authority, memorandum.

Subjects: Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018.

DCPD Number: DCPD201900485.