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October 26, 2018 · 2,729 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On October 26, 2018, President Trump signed Memorandum 2018-23973 delegating authority under Section 3132(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. This memorandum transferred specified powers related to defense authorization to designated executive branch officials. The direct impact on Americans involves the administrative structure governing how certain defense-related authorities are exercised within the federal government.
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October 16, 2018 · 2,739 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On October 16, 2018, the Trump administration signed Memorandum 2018-23050 delegating authority under Section 1604(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. This memorandum transferred specified powers to designated executive branch officials. The confirmed direct impact involves the exercise of delegated defense-related authorities by executive officials under the McCain NDAA provisions.
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September 10, 2018 · 2,775 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On September 10, 2018, President Trump signed Memorandum 2018-21805 delegating authority under Section 1290(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. This memorandum transferred specified decision-making powers regarding defense matters to designated executive branch officials. The direct impact on Americans includes changes to how certain defense-related determinations are made within the executive branch.
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June 4, 2018 · 2,873 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On June 4, 2018, the Trump administration signed a memorandum delegating authority under Section 709 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017. This memorandum transferred specific decision-making powers regarding state department operations to designated officials. The confirmed direct impact allows the state department to streamline internal authority structures and expedite decision-making processes on matters under Section 709's purview.
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April 20, 2018 · 2,918 days ago
🗳️ Democracy
Executive Order 13830 was signed on April 20, 2018, delegating authority to the Secretary of Defense and other officials to approve certain military decorations on behalf of the President. The order transferred approval authority for specific military honors from the President directly to designated executive branch officials. The confirmed effect is that military service members' decoration approvals were processed through delegated officials rather than requiring presidential sign-off for those specific categories.
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November 21, 2017 · 3,068 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On November 21, 2017, President Trump signed Memorandum 2017-25845 delegating authority under the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016. The memorandum transferred specified implementation powers to executive branch officials. The confirmed effect was to shift administrative responsibility for foreign aid transparency reporting from Congress-designated oversight mechanisms to presidential delegation.
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September 25, 2017 · 3,125 days ago
💰 Economy
On September 25, 2017, President Trump signed Memorandum 2017-21704 delegating authority granted under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 to executive branch officials. The memorandum authorized specified agency heads to exercise discretionary powers allocated in the appropriations statute. The delegation transferred decision-making authority from the President to designated cabinet officials and agency administrators for matters covered under the fiscal year 2017 appropriations.
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September 8, 2017 · 3,142 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On September 8, 2017, President Trump signed Memorandum 2017-21026 delegating authority under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury. The memorandum transferred presidential powers to impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for human rights violations or corruption to these Cabinet officials. This delegation affected the administration's ability to designate and sanction individuals and entities under this statute without requiring direct presidential approval for each action.
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June 29, 2017 · 3,213 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On June 29, 2017, President Trump signed Memorandum 2017-14253 delegating authority under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. The memorandum transferred specified decision-making powers regarding national defense matters to designated executive branch officials. The confirmed direct impact was the redistribution of executive authority for defense-related decisions within the Trump administration.
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June 29, 2017 · 3,213 days ago
🌐 Foreign Policy
On June 29, 2017, President Trump signed Memorandum 2017-14252 delegating specified authorities under the Department of State Authorities Act to the Secretary of State. The memorandum transfers decision-making power on certain State Department matters from the President to the Secretary of State. The confirmed effect was to allow the Secretary of State to exercise designated statutory authorities without requiring presidential approval on those specific matters.