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Presidential Memorandum

Authorization To Redelegate Certain Responsibilities Vested in the President and Delegated to the Secretary of State

This memorandum authorizes the Secretary of State to further redelegate presidential authorities to any executive branch officer, specifically to facilitate consolidating the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency into the Department of State. It applies to authorities delegated to the Secretary of State by any prior or future act, order, determination, regulation, or Executive order that had been or could be redelegated to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.

Federal Register Open PDF 62 FR 60995

Impact dates

  1. Publication of memorandum in Federal Register

Key directives

  • Authorize Secretary of State to redelegate presidential authorities to any executive branch officer
  • Limitation: redelegation must be 'appropriate to facilitate the consolidation of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the Department of State'
  • Scope: authorities vested in President and delegated to Secretary of State by any act, order, determination, delegation, regulation, or EO (past or future)
  • Sub-limitation: only authorities that have been or may be redelegated to Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
  • Directs Secretary to publish memorandum in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Memorandum takes effect upon signing; redelegation authority becomes available

Near term (90d)

  • Potential organizational restructuring as ACDA-State consolidation proceeds

Long term

  • Institutional shift of arms control functions within State Department hierarchy

Risks & tensions

  • Vague 'appropriate to facilitate' standard creates uncertainty about bounds of redelegation authority
  • Potential tension: broad redelegation to 'any officer of the executive branch' could bypass normal chain of command
  • Consolidation context suggests this is procedural enabler for ACDA abolition/merger, but document does not explicitly state ACDA is abolished
Presidential Memorandum: Authorization To Redelegate Certain Responsibilities Vested in the President and Delegated to the Secretary of State · Executive Orders