[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34373-34374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13895]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Children and Families, with the authority to redelegate 
to the Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, 
which may be further redelegated, the authority vested in the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to administer the Abstinence Education 
Program under Title V, section 510 of

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the Social Security Act, and as amended, hereafter.
    This delegation supersedes all previous delegations of authority to 
administer the Abstinence Education Program under Title V, section 510 
of the Social Security Act. Except as provided above, the existing 
delegations of authority to officials within the Health Resources and 
Services Administration concerning Title V of the Social Security Act 
are unaffected.
    This delegation shall be exercised under the Department's existing 
delegation and policy on regulations, and under financial and 
administrative requirements applicable to all Administration for 
Children and Families authorities.
    I have ratified any actions taken by the Assistant Secretary for 
Children and Families, or any other Administration for Children and 
Families officials, which, in effect, involved the exercise of this 
authority prior to the effective date of this delegation.
    This delegation is effective immediately.

    Dated: June 9, 2004.
Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-13895 Filed 6-18-04; 8:45 am]
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