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Ronald Reagan: “By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of…”

On the recordDecember 9, 1984
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including Section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the functions vested in me by Title III of the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985 (as enacted in P.L. 98-473).
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority for Reports to Congress on Turkey and El Salvador

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