For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 7, 2003
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination No. 2004-08
SUBJECT: Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to Russia
under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act
Consistent with 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 (d) 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 2004 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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