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Presidential Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority under Section 1069 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

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SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority under Section 1069 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

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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 delegate to the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General,

the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,

the authority to provide the appropriate report on the effects of cyber-enabled information operations on the national security of the United States to the Congress as required by section 1069 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232).

The delegation in this memorandum shall apply to any provision of any future public law that is the same or substantially the same as the provision referenced in this memorandum.

The Secretary of Defense is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

DONALD J. TRUMP

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SEC. 1069. REPORT ON CYBER-ENABLED INFORMATION OPERATIONS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representative and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate

a report on the effects of cyber-enabled information operations on the national security of the United States. Such report shall include each of the following:

(1) A summary of actions taken by the Federal Government to protect the national security of the United States against cyber-enabled information operations.

(2) A description of the resources necessary to protect the national security of the United States against cyber-enabled information operations by foreign adversaries.