[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 83595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26362]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 547]


Delegation of Authority Under the Creating Helpful Incentives To 
Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act of 2022

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States, including section 1 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a) and section 102(c) of the CHIPS 
Act of 2022 (Div. A, Pub. L. 117-167) (CHIPS Act), I hereby delegate 
the following functions to the extent authorized by law:
     To the Director and the Deputy Director of the Office of 
U.S. Foreign Assistance, the function conferred upon the Secretary of 
State by section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS Act to approve the transfer of 
amounts in the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors 
(CHIPS) for America International Technology Security and Innovation 
Fund (ITSI Fund) to foreign assistance accounts within the Department 
of State and the United States Agency for International Development and 
to accounts within the Export-Import Bank and the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation, as appropriate, to be 
used for such purposes and under the terms and conditions of the 
account to which transferred.
     To the Under Secretary for Management, the function 
conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 102(c)(1) of the CHIPS 
Act to approve the transfer of amounts in the CHIPS ITSI Fund to 
diplomatic engagement accounts within the Department of State to be 
used for such purposes and under the terms and conditions of the 
account to which transferred.
    The Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, and the Deputy Secretary for 
Management and Resources 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: July 3, 2023.
Antony J. Blinken,
Secretary of State.

    Editorial Note: This document was received for publication by 
the Office of the Federal Register on November 27, 2023.

[FR Doc. 2023-26362 Filed 11-29-23; 8:45 am]
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