THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release                    April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT:
Delegation of Certain Functions Under Sections 603-604 and 699 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)

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 delegate to you the functions conferred upon the President by sections 603-604 and 699 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228).

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination and certification to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA

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