Posted on 03/25/2015 7:20:38 PM PDT by EBH
Presidential Memorandum -- Delegation of Authority Pursuant to Section 1236(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority Pursuant to Section 1236(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
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:
I hereby delegate the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 1236(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) (the "Act") to the Secretary of State.
Any reference in this memorandum to the Act shall be deemed to be a reference to any future act that is the same or substantially the same as such provision.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
And yeah...title is truncated to fit.
Is he by-passing the constitutional chain of command?
The buck never stops with Baraq
Is JF’nK going to get another Purple Heart out of this?
Does this mean John Kerry can declare war on Vietnam? He was there before, you know.
The commander in chief just voted Present again.
should be Biden-—Boehner-—etc.
Where’s the Secretary of State fall
I want this bastard impeached NOW!! Bergdahl— impeach the bastard president!! NOW!!
He has essentially just disengaged from foreign policy.
WTF....
Here’s the text of what he’s delegated to JF’nK
(b) Notice Before Provision Of Assistance.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this section, not more than 25 percent of such funds may be obligated or expended until not later than 15 days after—
“(2) the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership of the House of Representatives and Senate a report, in unclassified form with a classified annex as appropriate, that contains a description of how such assistance supports a larger regional strategy.”
He is giving control of the fight against ISIS to the Sec of State?
No, just submitting the report to congress about funding for it.
Per the memo, just 1236(B)(2)
o...section 1236(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) (the "Act")
o including section 301 of title 3, United States Code
This could be boilerplate incidental to the shenanigans going on in Geneva, people.
Semi Retired President knows Golfing season is coming up
This memo is not “HOT”
This is the standard document ALL PRESIDENTS SIGN.
I don’t know why everybody is getting upset about it.
As far as I can remember, it’s something they all have to sign each year .. just in case something should happen to them.
Unless I have this confused with another National Defense document.
This is not a big deal.
Normal business.
There are several others like it delegating authority to various secretaries for various laws.
# Office Current officer
1 Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (D)
2 Speaker of the House John Boehner (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R)
4 Secretary of State John Kerry (D)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (D)
6 Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (D)
7 Attorney General Eric Holder (D)
— Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (D)[a]
8 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (D)
9 Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (D)
10 Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez (D)
11 Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell (D)
12 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro (D)
13 Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx (D)
14 Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (D)
15 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (D)
16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald (R)
17 Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (D)
[a] Naturalized U.S. citizen born in the United Kingdom.
By doing this act does this mean Kerry is not subject to the same rules Obummer is? Can Kerry make a treaty and not get congressional approval? What does this mean??????????
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