Executive Order 12623 --
Delegating Authority To Implement Assistance to the
Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance
By
the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the
United States of America, including Section 111 of the Joint Resolution Making
Continuing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1988 (Public Law 100 - 202)
(``the Act''), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2151
et seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to
delegate certain functions concerning the designation of funds to be
transferred, the transfer of funds and operation of accounts, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Secretary of State is authorized to
perform the functions vested in the President by Section 111 of the Act, except
the determination and certification pursuant to Section 111(b)(2), except any
request for additional assistance pursuant to Section 111(j)(1), and except as
provided in Sections 2 and 3 of this Order.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of Defense is authorized
to perform the function, vested in the President by Section 111(a) of the Act,
of designating the accounts from which unobligated
funds, made available by the Department of Defense appropriations acts for the
Fiscal Year 1987 or prior fiscal years, are
transferred.
Sec. 3. The Secretary of Defense is authorized
to perform the functions, vested in the President by Section 111(b)(1) and
(d)(1) of the Act, of designating and transferring unobligated
funds made available by the Department of Defense appropriations acts for the
Fiscal Year 1987 or prior fiscal years.
Sec. 4. The funds described in Sections 2 and 3
of this Order will be transferred to the account for Assistance for the
Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance.
Ronald
Reagan
The
White House,
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of the Federal Register,