[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2343-2344]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT 
SECTION 1022 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                              2012--PM 42

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Attached is the text of a Presidential Policy Directive establishing 
procedures to implement section 1022 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81)

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(the ``Act''), which I hereby submit to the Congress, as required under 
section 1022(c)(1) of the Act. The Directive also includes a written 
certification that it is in the national security interests of the 
United States to waive the requirements of section 1022(a)(1) of the 
Act with respect to certain categories of individuals, which I hereby 
submit to the Congress in accordance with section 1022(a)(4) of the 
Act.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, February 28, 2012.

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