[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 137 (Thursday, July 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 43290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15321]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 485]


Delegation to the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs of 
Authorities Under the Hague Abduction Convention, International Child 
Abduction Remedies Act, and the International Child Abduction 
Prevention and Return Act

    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
laws of the United States, including Section 1 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a,) I hereby delegate 
the following authorities to the Assistant Secretary of State for 
Consular Affairs:
    (1) To the extent authorized by law, and except as provided in 
paragraph (2) of this delegation, I hereby delegate to the Assistant 
Secretary of State for Consular Affairs all duties, responsibilities, 
authorities, and powers necessary to carry out the functions of 
Secretary of State under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abduction (Hague Abduction Convention) and United 
States Code, Title 22, Chapters 97 (International Child Abduction 
Remedies Act) and 98 (Sean and David Goldman International Child 
Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014), and to establish such 
form and prescribe such regulations as may be necessary and proper in 
order to perform those functions.
    (2) There are hereby excluded from the functions delegated under 
paragraph (1) of this delegation the authorities and powers defined in 
Title 22, subsection 9122(d), paragraphs 5-8, (22 U.S.C. 9122(d)(5-8)).
    (3) The functions delegated under paragraph (1) of this delegation 
include accepting accessions under the Hague Abduction Convention.
    Any act, executive order, regulation, or procedure subject to, or 
affected by, this delegation shall be deemed to be such act, executive 
order, regulation, or procedure as amended from time to time. This 
delegation of authority replaces Delegation of Authority No. 172, which 
is hereby revoked. No other delegations of authority are affected by 
this delegation of authority.
    The Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, or the Under Secretary for 
Management may exercise any function delegated by this delegation of 
authority.

    Dated: June 8, 2020.
Michael R. Pompeo,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2020-15321 Filed 7-15-20; 8:45 am]
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