For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 14, 2003
Presidential Determination No. 2003-11
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Waiver Of
Restrictions on Assistance to Russia Under
the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993
and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 1306 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (public Law 107-314), I
hereby certify that waiving the restrictions contained in subsection
of section 1203 of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (22
U.S.C. 5952), as amended, and the requirements contained in section 502
of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5852) during fiscal year 2003 with
respect to the Russian Federation is important to the National Security
interests of the United States.
I have enclosed the unclassified report described in section
1306(b)(1)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003,
together
with a classified annex.
You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification and
report
with its classified annex to the Congress and to arrange for the
publication of this certification in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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