Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities Under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 and Public Law 117-78

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December 19, 2023

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December 7, 2023

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 87651-87652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27999]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Memorandum of December 7, 2023

                
Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities 
                Under the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 and 
                Public Law 117-78

                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, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, the functions and authorities vested in the 
                President by the following provisions of the Uyghur 
                Human Rights Policy Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-145) 
                (UHRPA) and Public Law 117-78:

(i) section 6(a)(1) of the UHRPA, with respect to submitting the report;

(ii) section 6(e) of the UHRPA; and

(iii) section 5(c)(1) of Public Law 117-78, with respect to submitting the 
report.

                    (b) 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 UHRPA and Public Law 
                117-78:

(i) section 6(a)(1) of the UHRPA, with respect to making the 
determinations;

(ii) section 6(g) of the UHRPA, with respect to terminating the sanctions 
described in section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA and imposed under section 6(b) of 
the UHRPA; and

(iii) section 5(c)(1) of Public Law 117-78, with respect to making the 
determinations.

                    (c) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of the 
                Treasury the functions and authorities vested in the 
                President by the following provisions of the UHRPA and 
                Public Law 117-78:

(i) section 6(b) of the UHRPA, with respect to imposing the sanctions 
described in section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA;

(ii) section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA;

(iii) section 6(d) of the UHRPA; and

(iv) section 5(c)(2) of Public Law 117-78, with respect to imposing the 
sanctions described in section 6(c)(1) of the UHRPA.

                    (d) I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
                the functions and authorities vested in the President 
                by the following provisions of the UHRPA and Public Law 
                117-78:

(i) section 6(b) of the UHRPA, with respect to imposing the sanctions 
described in section 6(c)(2) of the UHRPA;

(ii) section 6(g) of the UHRPA, with respect to terminating the sanctions 
described in section 6(c)(2) of the UHRPA and imposed under section 6(b) of 
the UHRPA; and

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(iii) section 5(c)(2) of Public Law 117-78, with respect to imposing the 
sanctions described in section 6(c)(2) of the UHRPA.

                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.
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                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, December 7, 2023

[FR Doc. 2023-27999
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