[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 139 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41306-41307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11557]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority 294]


Delegation by the Secretary of State to the Under Secretary for 
Political Affairs of Authorities Normally Vested in the Deputy 
Secretary

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as Secretary of State, 
including Section l of the State Department Basic Authorities Act, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a), I hereby delegate to the Under Secretary for 
Political Affairs, to the extent authorized by law, all authorities and 
functions vested in the Deputy Secretary of State, including all 
authorities and functions vested in the Secretary of State or the head 
of agency that have been or may be delegated or re-delegated to the 
Deputy Secretary.
    Any authority or function covered by this delegation of authority 
may also be exercised by the Secretary of State.
    Any act, executive order, regulation, or procedure subject to, or 
affected by, this delegation of authority shall be deemed to be such 
act, executive order, regulation, or procedure as amended from time to 
time.

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    This delegation of authority shall enter into force on July 8, 2006 
and shall expire upon the appointment and entry upon duty of a new 
Deputy Secretary.
    All existing delegations of authority now in effect, including any 
re-delegation of authority by the Deputy Secretary, shall remain in 
effect.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E6-11557 Filed 7-19-06; 8:45 am]
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