82 FR 50051 - Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017

Executive Office of the President

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 207 (October 27, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 50051-50052]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23617]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / 
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                Memorandum of October 11, 2017

                
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities 
                Under the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
                Sanctions Act of 2017

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary 
                of the Treasury[, and] the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 301 of title 3, United 
                States Code, I hereby order as follows:

                Section 1. (a) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of 
                State the functions and authorities vested in the 
                President by section 110 of the Countering America's 
                Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Public Law 
                115-44) (the ``Act'')

                    (b) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
                functions and authorities vested in the President by 
                the following provisions of the Act:

(i) section 104(b), with respect to a determination under the standard set 
forth in section 104(b)(1);

(ii) section 107(a), with respect to a determination under the standards 
set forth in section 107(a)(1) and (a)(2);

(iii) section 107(d), with respect to making the certification described 
therein;

(iv) section 108(b)(2);

(v) section 109; and

(vi) section 112.

                    (c) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the 
                Treasury the functions and authorities vested in the 
                President by the following provisions of the Act:

(i) section 104(c)(1); and

(ii) section 107(b)(1).

                    (d) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                the functions and authorities vested in the President 
                by the following provisions of the Act:

(i) section 104(b), with respect to a determination under the standards set 
forth under section 104(b)(2) through (b)(6);

(ii) section 104(e);

(iii) section 106(b)(1);

(iv) section 108(a)(1); and

(v) section 108(b)(1).

                    (e) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State and 
                the Secretary of the Treasury the functions and 
                authorities vested in the President by the following 
                sections of the Act:

(i) section 105(b), to be exercised in consultation with each other and 
commensurate with their respective areas of responsibility set forth in 
previous Presidential actions under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including Executive Order 13224

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of September 23, 2001 (Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With 
Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism);

(ii) section 108(a)(2), to be exercised in consultation with each other and 
commensurate with their respective areas of responsibility set forth in 
Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005 (Blocking Property of Weapons of 
Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters) and Executive Order 
13224; and

(iii) section 111(b), to be exercised commensurate with their respective 
areas of responsibility set forth in this memorandum.

                    (f) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, 
                the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security the functions and authorities vested 
                in the President by the following sections of the Act:

(i) section 104(b), to be exercised commensurate with their respective 
areas of responsibility or delegated authority under section 104(c), with 
respect to the imposition of sanctions following a determination under 
section 104(b); and

(ii) section 107(a), to be exercised commensurate with their respective 
areas of responsibility or delegated authority under section 107(b), with 
respect to the imposition of sanctions following a determination under 
section 107(a).

                Sec. 2. The delegations in this memorandum shall apply 
                to any provisions of any future public laws that are 
                the same or substantially the same as those provisions 
                referenced in this memorandum.

                Sec. 3. The Secretary of State is authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, October 11, 2017

[FR Doc. 2017-23617
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