Presidential Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority under Section 1604(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority under Section 1604(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
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 and the Secretary of Commerce the authority to transmit to the Congress the plan required by section 1604(b) of the John S. McCain 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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1604(b):
(b) Plan.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for a department or agency of the United States Government other than the Department of Defense to provide space situational awareness services and information to non-United States Government entities.
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the existing and planned staff, budgetary resources, and relevant institutional expertise of the department or agency covered by the plan with respect to providing space situational awareness services and information.
(B) An assessment of the demonstrated ability of such department or agency to work collaboratively with industry and academia in developing best practices or consensus standards.
(C) An assessment of the existing and planned capacity of such department or agency to facilitate communication between space object operators to avoid a collision.
(D) The ability of such department or agency to use other transaction agreements or similar transaction mechanisms to support space traffic management requirements.
(E) Any additional authorities that would be required to assume the responsibility described in paragraph (1).