Delegation of Authority Under Section 1290(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

President Trump delegated authority to the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Director of National Intelligence to provide Congress with briefings required by Section 1290(b) of the FY2019 NDAA. The Secretary of State was also directed to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.

Federal Register Open PDF 83 FR 50237

Key directives

Delegate authority to Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and DNI to provide Congress briefings required by section 1290(b) of FY2019 NDAA
Secretary of State to publish memorandum in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

Delegation of briefing authority to three officials takes effect upon signing

Near term (90d)

Federal Register publication by Secretary of State

Long term

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Risks & tensions

Section 1290(b) concerns classified matters; briefings may involve sensitive national security information with interagency coordination challenges
No specific briefing schedule or frequency specified in memorandum—implementation details left to discretion of delegated officials