[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-739]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority: 341]


Delegation by the Secretary of State to the Under Secretary for 
Arms Control and International Security of Authority To Submit Reports 
Regarding the New START Treaty

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as Secretary of State, 
including Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a), and to the extent authorized by law, I 
hereby delegate to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and 
International Security the authorities and functions delegated to the 
Secretary of State pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of November 
2, 2011, specifically:
    (1) The authority to make the annual certification specified in 
section (a)(2)(A) of the Resolution of Advice and Consent to 
Ratification of the New START Treaty (the Resolution); with the 
Director of National Intelligence, at the direction of the President, 
preparing the report specified in that section. The Under Secretary 
shall submit the certification along with the report prepared by the 
Director of National Intelligence to the Senate.
    (2) The authority to submit the reports specified in section 
(a)(10) and section (a)(12)(B) of the Resolution to the Committees on 
Foreign Relations and Armed Services of the Senate.
    Any act, executive order, regulation or procedure subject to, or 
affected by, this delegation shall be deemed to be such act, executive 
order, regulation or procedure as amended from time to time. 
Notwithstanding this delegation of authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 
Secretary, or the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources may at 
any time exercise any authority or function delegated by this 
delegation of authority.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: December 14, 2011.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-739 Filed 1-13-12; 8:45 am]
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