[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-6993]


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                Memorandum of March 16, 2012

                
Delegation of Reporting Functions Specified in 
                Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
                for Fiscal Year 2012, and Condition 9 of the Resolution 
                of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Treaty 
                Between the United States of America and the Russian 
                Federation on the Measures for the Further Reduction 
                and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the ``New 
                Start Treaty'')

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary 
                of Defense[, and] the Secretary of Energy

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 301 of title 3 of the United 
                States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretaries of 
                Defense and Energy the reporting functions conferred 
                upon the President by section 1045 of the National 
                Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public 
                Law 112-81), and by section (a)(9)(B) of the Resolution 
                of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the New START 
                Treaty. Subsection (a)(9)(B)(iv) of the Resolution 
                shall be fulfilled in coordination with the Secretary 
                of State.

                The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to 
                publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, March 16, 2012

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