Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2023

February 3, 2023

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

States of America, including section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 506(a)(1) of the FAA to direct the drawdown of up to $425 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Ukraine and to make the determinations required under such section to direct such a drawdown.

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., February 13, 2023] NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register *on 14.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority under section 506(a)(1), memorandum.

Subjects: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority; Ukraine, U.S. assistance.

DCPD Number: DCPD202300088.

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