Delegation of Authority by the Secretary of State to the Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 190 (Friday, October 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 62802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20263]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 634]


Delegation of Authority by the Secretary of State to the Official 
Performing the Duties of the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 
International Development

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States, including section 621 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2381), Executive Order 12163 of 
September 29, 1979, and section 1 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a), I hereby delegate the following 
functions to the Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator of 
the U.S. Agency for International Development to the extent authorized 
by law:

    The functions conferred on the Secretary of State to provide for 
the approval of funds from the Operating Expenses (OE), Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (AEECA), Development Assistance 
(DA), Economic Support Fund (ESF), Global Health Programs (GHP), 
Democracy Fund (DF), Complex Crises Fund (CCF), International 
Disaster Assistance (IDA), and Transition Initiative (TI) accounts 
for Fiscal Years 2018 through 2025, as well as funds in those 
accounts and predecessor accounts available until expended, made 
available to USAID to pay costs solely associated with the 
termination of USAID awards and the wind-down of USAID functions, 
including the approval of funding allocations, as well as the 
approval of the obligation and expenditure of such funds for close 
out and related purposes. This authority shall be exercised subject 
to at least bi-monthly reporting to the Under Secretary for Foreign 
Assistance, Humanitarian Assistance, and Religious Freedom on the 
specific uses of such funds and compliance with Congressional 
funding earmarks and directives.

    This delegation shall remain in effect until June 30, 2027. The 
Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Deputy Secretary for Management and 
Resources, and Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian 
Assistance, and Religious Freedom may exercise any function or 
authority delegated herein. This delegation of authority does not 
modify any other delegation of authority currently in effect.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: September 18, 2026.
Marco Rubio,
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2026-20263 Filed 10-1-26; 8:45 am]
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