[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28521]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 480]


Delegation of Authority to the Director of the Office of U.S. 
Foreign Assistance Resources Under Section 7019 of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2019

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States, including the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a) and section 7019(b) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2019 (Div. F, Pub. L. 116-6), I hereby delegate to the Director of the 
Office of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources, to the extent authorized 
by law, the authority to determine whether a deviation from the amounts 
specifically designated in the tables in the Joint Explanatory 
Statement exceeding the specified percentage is necessary to respond to 
significant, exigent, or unforeseen events or to address other 
exceptional circumstances directly related to the national security 
interest of the United States.
    This authority may be re-delegated to the Deputy Director, Office 
of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources.
    The Secretary or the Deputy Secretary may exercise any function or 
authority delegated herein. Any reference in this delegation of 
authority to a statute shall be deemed to be a reference to such 
statute as amended from time to time and shall be deemed to apply to 
any provision of law that is the same or substantially the same as such 
statute. This delegation of authority does not repeal or otherwise 
affect any other delegation of authority currently in effect.
    This delegation of authority will be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: December 23, 2019.
Michael R. Pompeo,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2019-28521 Filed 1-3-20; 8:45 am]
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