[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 29 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Page 1405]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority

July 16, 1999

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Delegation of Authority Under Section 1304(b)(2) of the Strom 
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3 of the 
United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the 
authority vested in me under section 1304(b)(2) of the Strom Thurmond 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-
261). The authority delegated by this memorandum may be redelegated not 
lower than the Under Secretary level.
    Any reference in this memorandum to the provision of any Act shall 
be deemed 
to include references to any hereafter-
enacted provision of law that is the same or substantially the same as 
such provision. You are authorized and directed to publish this 
memorandum in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 19.