Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

SUBJECT: Delegation of Authorities under Section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

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 Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 3136 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91).

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

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

DONALD J. TRUMP

3 U.S. Code § 301 - General authorization to delegate functions; publication of delegations

3 U.S. Code § 301 - General authorization to delegate functions; publication of delegations

The President of the United States is authorized to designate and empower the head of any department or agency in the executive branch, or any official thereof who is required to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform without approval, ratification, or other action by the President (1) any function which is vested in the President by law, or (2) any function which such officer is required or authorized by law to perform only with or subject to the approval, ratification, or other action of the President: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall relieve the President of his responsibility in office for the acts of any such head or other official designated by him to perform such functions. Such designation and authorization shall be in writing, shall be published in the Federal Register, shall be subject to such terms, conditions, and limitations as the President may deem advisable, and shall be revocable at any time by the President in whole or in part.

(Added Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 10, 65 Stat. 712.) 

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Department of Defense Shows Lack of Regulation in Child Welfare System

The U.S. Department of Defense has put out an announcement for comments to its proposed rule on background checks for child care.

Comments must be received by December 1, 2014.

The reason this is of importance is because, as we are witnessing, child welfare is not limited to the Department of Health and Human Services and the fact that there are no uniform rules when dealing with children.

The United States is one of the few countries that refuses to adopt universal meanings to the nomenclature of child welfare with extremely poor, if any, regulation to prevent fraud, ,waste and abuse.

The cost of the program is $10 million.

As this applies to military families, it must be understood that the current system child welfare is under the jurisdiction of the DoD, and not any state agency.

You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) number and title, by any of the following methods:

 Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

Federal Docket Management System Office,
4800 Mark Center Drive,
East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria,
VA 22350–3100.

DOD Child Care Background Checks

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