[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22557]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Delegation of Authority No. 217]


Delegation of Duties, Functions and Responsibilities Vested in 
the Under Secretary of State for Management

1. General Delegation

    By virtue of the authority vested the Secretary of State, including 
Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act, as amended (22 
U.S.C. Sec. 2651a), I hereby delegate the duties, functions and 
responsibilities now or hereafter vested in the Under Secretary of 
State for Management to the following officials of the Department of 
State in the order listed: (1) Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(2) Chief Financial Officer; (3) Director General of the Foreign 
Service and Director of Personnel; (4) Assistant Secretary for Consular 
Affairs; and (5) Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security.

2. Technical Provisions

    (a) This delegation shall become effective on August 23, 1996.
    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this delegation, the Secretary 
of State or the Deputy Secretary of State at any time may exercise any 
function delegated by this delegation.
    (c) This delegation shall not include the duties, functions and 
responsibilities vested in the Under Secretary of State for Management 
by Public Notice 802 (April 14, 1982), as amended (relating to the 
designated order of succession of the Secretary of State), nor duties, 
functions, and responsibilities required by law to be exercised by 
higher authority than the delegate.
    (d) This delegation does not repeal previous delegations to the 
Under Secretary of State for Management.
    (e) This delegation shall terminate and cease to be effective upon 
the appointment of an Under Secretary of State for Management that 
takes place after the effective date of this delegation.

    Dated: August 23, 1996.
Strobe Talbott,
Acting Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 96-22557 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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