[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17283-17284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05900]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 539]


Delegation of Authorities; Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act

    1. By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by 
the laws of the United States, including by section 1 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(a)(4)), to the extent 
authorized by law and subject to the conditions in paragraph 2 below, I 
hereby delegate to the Under Secretary of State for Management the 
authority to issue waivers for chanceries and consulates under section 
606(a)(3)(B) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act (SECCA) of 1999, Public Law 106-113, as amended by section 9301 of 
the SECCA of 2022 (Div. I, Title XCIII, Public Law 117-263). I further 
delegate to the Under Secretary

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of State for Management the authority to notify the appropriate 
congressional committees of any such waiver and to submit to 
appropriate congressional committees reports under the same sections of 
the SECCA of 1999.
    2. There will be a notification to Congress at least two days prior 
to any waiver's implementation. This delegation of authority shall not 
apply to posts designated as High Threat/High Risk posts consistent 
with section 104 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 
Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4803).
    3. The functions delegated herein may be exercised by the 
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and the Deputy Secretary for 
Management and Resources. This delegation does not modify any other 
delegation currently in force.
    4. This delegation of authority will be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: February 27, 2023.
Antony Blinken,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2023-05900 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
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