Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2024
April 12, 2024
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(2) 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)(2) of the FAA to direct the drawdown of up to
$60 million in articles and services from the inventory and resources of any agency of the United States Government and military education and training from the Department of Defense for the purposes and under the authorities of chapter 8 of part I of the FAA to provide anti-crime and counternarcotics assistance to countries that contribute personnel to the Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti and to the Haitian National Police; and
the authority to make the determination 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, 8:45 a.m., April 29, 2024] NOTE: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on April 30.
Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority under section 506(a)(2), memorandum.
Subjects: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, delegation of authority under section 506(a)(2); Haiti,
U.S. assistance; Secretary of State.
DCPD Number: DCPD202400293.
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