[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21580]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Chief Operating 
Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), without the 
authority to redelegate, the authority vested in the Secretary of HHS 
by section 212(1) of the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (FY 19 HHS Appropriations Act) Public Law No. 
115-245, division B, title II, or substantially similar authorities 
vested in the Secretary in the future by Congress, in order to carry 
out international health activities to respond to the current Ebola 
outbreak.
    The authority under section 212(1) is immediately revoked in the 
event that any subsequent fiscal year HHS appropriations act does not 
contain the provision currently in section 212(1) or substantially 
similar authority.
    The Chief Operating Officer, CDC, shall consult with the Secretary 
of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that this authority is 
exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the 
Department of State.
    This delegation became effective on September 26, 2019 and is valid 
until September 18, 2020.

Robert R. Redfield,
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-21580 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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