Delegation of Authority To Transfer Certain Funds in Accordance With Section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

This memorandum delegates presidential authority to the Secretary of State to transfer approximately $66.8 million across multiple fiscal years from International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INCLE) and Foreign Military Financing accounts to Economic Support Fund (ESF) accounts, subject to congressional notification requirements under the Foreign Assistance Act and prior appropriations acts.

Federal Register Open PDF 80 FR 43001

Impact dates

Date TBD
Execution of fund transfers (subject to congressional notification requirements, no fixed deadline specified)

Key directives

Delegate authority to Secretary of State to execute four specified fund transfers totaling $66,800,000
Subject transfers to requirements of section 652 of FAA and section 7009(d) of Division K, Public Law 113-76
Apply corresponding provisions of prior acts for FY 2010-2012
Authorize and direct publication in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Secretary of State · State Department

Timeline

Immediate

Delegation of transfer authority to Secretary of State
Directive to publish memorandum in Federal Register

Near term (90d)

Execution of fund transfers subject to section 652 FAA and section 7009(d) notification requirements

Long term

Reallocation of foreign assistance priorities from narcotics/law enforcement and military financing toward economic support

Risks & tensions

Congressional notification requirements (section 652 FAA, section 7009(d)) create procedural friction but are conditions precedent, not veto mechanisms
Text does not specify whether transfers require prior congressional approval or merely notification
No explicit deadline for completing transfers; timeline dependent on administrative and congressional processes