Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2022

August 12, 2022

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2022

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 functions and authorities vested in the President by the following provisions of the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2022 (Division AA of Public Law 117â103):

section 104(b), with respect to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program;

section 104(d), with respect to the comprehensive 5-year strategies for the Sahel- Maghreb and the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program counterterrorism efforts; and

section 104(f), with respect to submitting the reports.

You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*.

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., August 18, 2022] NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register *on August 19.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2022, delegation of authority, memorandum.

Subjects: Terrorism : Counterterrorism efforts; Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2022.

DCPD Number: DCPD202200710.

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