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80 FR 10321 - Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Regarding the Provision of Assistance to Appropriately Vetted Elements of the Syrian Opposition
80 FR 10321 - Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Regarding the Provision of Assistance to Appropriately Vetted Elements of the Syrian Opposition
Executive Office of the President
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 37 (February 25, 2015)
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2015-04091
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)
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Presidential Determination No. 2015-04 of February 20,
2015
Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209
of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
Regarding the Provision of Assistance to Appropriately
Vetted Elements of the Syrian Opposition
Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 (Public Law 113-291),
I hereby:
-- determine that sections 40 and 40A of the Arms
Export Control Act; section 2249a of Title 10, U.S.
Code; and Chapter 137 of Title 10, U.S. Code, would
impede national security objectives of the United
States by prohibiting, restricting, delaying, or
otherwise limiting the provision of assistance,
including training, equipment, supplies, stipends,
construction of training and associated facilities, and
sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the
Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian
groups and individuals; and
-- waive said provisions of law, to the extent
necessary to allow the Department of Defense, with the
coordination of the Department of State, to carry out
the purposes of section 1209 of the NDAA FY 2015.
You are hereby authorized and directed to report this
determination and the accompanying Memorandum of
Justification to the Congress and publish the
determination in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, February 20, 2015
[FR Doc. 2015-04091
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