Delegation of Authority Under the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, 60793-60794 [2024-16741]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60793-60794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16741]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 145 / Monday, July 29, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Memorandum of July 24, 2024

                
Delegation of Authority Under the Protecting 
                Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled 
                Applications Act

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary 
                of the Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the 
                Attorney General[,] the Secretary of Commerce[,] the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security[, and] the Director of 
                National Intelligence

                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 Attorney 
                General, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security, all authorities vested in the 
                President by the Protecting Americans from Foreign 
                Adversary Controlled Applications Act (Division H of 
                Public Law 118-50).

                    (b) In exercising the authorities delegated in 
                subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General 
                may, as appropriate, consult with the Director of 
                National Intelligence and the heads of other relevant 
                executive departments and agencies (agencies).

                Sec. 2. (a) There is established a Committee for the 
                Review of Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications 
                (Committee), composed of the Secretary of State, the 
                Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, 
                the Attorney General, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of 
                National Intelligence. Not later than 180 days after 
                the date of this memorandum, the members of the 
                Committee, through a process convened by National 
                Security Council staff consistent with National 
                Security Memorandum 2 of February 4, 2021 (Renewing the 
                National Security Council System), shall determine 
                rules and procedures sufficient for the Committee to 
                exercise the authorities delegated to the Attorney 
                General under section 1 of this memorandum. Upon 
                conclusion of the 180-day period, the Committee shall 
                exercise those authorities in accordance with such 
                rules and procedures.

                    (b) The Director of National Intelligence and the 
                heads of other relevant agencies, as the Attorney 
                General under section 1 of this memorandum or the 
                Committee under section 2 of this memorandum determines 
                appropriate, shall provide assessments of the threat to 
                national security posed by foreign adversary controlled 
                applications in connection with the discharge of the 
                responsibilities, respectively, of the Attorney General 
                or the Committee. In providing such assessments, the 
                Director of National Intelligence shall solicit and 
                incorporate the views of the Intelligence Community, as 
                appropriate.

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                Sec. 3. The Attorney General is authorized and directed 
                to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, July 24, 2024

[FR Doc. 2024-16741
Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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