[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 6551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02328]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Delegation of Authority

    Notice is hereby given that the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC), has delegated to the Chief Operating 
Officer, 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 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.
    Section 212(1) of the FY19 HHS Appropriations Act permits the 
Secretary of HHS to exercise authority equivalent to that available to 
the Secretary of State under 22 U.S.C 2669(c) to award personal 
services contracts for work performed in foreign countries. The 
authority delegated herein includes the authority to determine the 
necessity of negotiating, executing, and performing such contracts 
without regard to statutory provisions as related to the negotiation, 
making, and performance of contracts and performance of work in the 
United States.
    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 supersedes the delegation of similar name, approved 
by the Director, CDC, on March 17, 2020.
    This delegation became effective on January 31, 2022. The Director, 
CDC, affirms and ratifies any actions taken that involve the exercise 
of the authority delegated herein prior to the effective date of this 
delegation.

Sherri A. Berger,
Chief of Staff, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-02328 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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