Memorandum on the BUILD Act

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2020 July 7, 2020     MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT:       Delegation of Authority under the Better                Utilization of Investments Leading to                Development Act of 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 State the authority vested in the President by section 1412(c)(2)(A) of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (title I of division F of Public Law 115-254) (the "Act") to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the provision of support under title II of the Act in a less developed country with an upper-middle-income economy furthers the national economic or foreign policy interests of the United States. 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. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.                                 DONALD J. TRUMP