[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 13271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4856]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 309]


Delegation by the Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary 
for European Affairs of Authorities Vested in or Delegated to the Under 
Secretary of State for Political Affairs

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State, 
including the authority of section 1 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a), I hereby delegate to the 
Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, to the extent 
authorized by law, all authorities and functions vested in the Under 
Secretary of State for Political Affairs by any act, order, 
determination, delegation of authority, regulation, or executive order, 
now or hereafter issued. This delegation includes all authorities and 
functions that have been or may be delegated or redelegated by the 
Under Secretary to other Department officials but does not repeal 
delegations to such officials.
    This delegation to the Assistant Secretary includes State 
Department Delegation DA-284, which authorizes the Under Secretary for 
Political Affairs to exercise the authorities and functions of the 
Secretary or the Deputy Secretary ``when both the Secretary of State 
and the Deputy Secretary of State are absent or otherwise unavailable 
or when either the Secretary or the Deputy requests that the Under 
Secretary exercise such authorities and functions.''
    This delegation of authority to the Assistant Secretary shall enter 
into force on March 1, 2008, and shall expire upon the appointment and 
entry upon duty of a new Under Secretary for Political Affairs. 
Notwithstanding this delegation of authority, the Secretary of State 
and the Deputy Secretary of State may exercise any function or 
authority covered by this delegation.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: February 29, 2008.
Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-4856 Filed 3-11-08; 8:45 am]
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