Ratification of Department Actions, 59651-59654 [2020-21055]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59651-59654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21055]



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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 185 / Wednesday, September 23, 2020 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

6 CFR Chapter I

8 CFR Chapter I

19 CFR Chapters I and IV


Ratification of Department Actions

AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Ratification.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, through its Acting 
Secretary, is publishing notification of the ratification of a number 
of previous actions by the Department. The attached ratification 
provides the public with certainty, by resolving any potential defect 
in the validity of those actions.

DATES: The ratification was signed on September 17, 2020, and relates 
back to the original date of each action that it ratifies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo (Chip) Boucher, Assistant General 
Counsel, Administrative Law, Office of the General Counsel, Department 
of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528, (202) 447-3623.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Homeland Security, through 
its Acting Secretary, is ratifying a number of previous actions by the 
Department. The Department continues to maintain that prior succession 
orders designating Chad Wolf as Acting Secretary are valid and that 
Acting Secretary Wolf had the authority to take the actions being 
ratified in the attached appendix. The Department issued this 
ratification and is now publishing it in the Federal Register out of an 
abundance of caution. Neither the ratification nor the publication is a 
statement that the ratified actions would be invalid absent the 
ratification.

Ian Brekke, Deputy
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Appendix

BILLING CODE 9112-FP-P

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[FR Doc. 2020-21055 Filed 9-21-20; 11:15 am]
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