[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04126]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 538]


Delegation of Authority; Deputy Secretary of State as Final 
Appeal Authority for Payment Decisions Under the HAVANA Act

    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, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a), and Sec.  901 of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Div. J, Title IX, Pub. 
L. 116-94), as amended (the Act), and codified in 22 U.S.C. 2680b, I 
hereby delegate to the Deputy Secretary of State, to the extent 
authorized by law, the authority to act as the final appeal authority 
for payment decisions by the Under Secretary of Management as provided 
under 22 CFR 135.3(f)-(g).
    Any act, regulation, or procedure subject to, or affected by, this 
delegation shall be deemed to be such act, regulation, or procedure as 
amended from time to time.
    The Secretary and the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources 
may also exercise the authorities delegated herein. Nothing in this 
delegation shall be deemed to supersede the provisions of 22 CFR 135.3 
or any other delegation of authority.
    This delegation is in effect only when there is no confirmed and 
appointed Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources.
    This document shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: February 13, 2023.
Antony J. Blinken,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-04126 Filed 2-28-23; 8:45 am]
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