*Administration of Barack Obama, 2013 *

**Presidential Determination on Eligibility of the Federal Republic of Somalia To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as Amended **

*April 8, 2013 *

Presidential Determination No. 2013–07

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject:* Presidential Determination on Eligibility of the Federal Republic of Somalia to Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as Amended

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to the Federal Republic of Somalia will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination, and attached memorandum of justification, to the Congress and to arrange for the publication of this determination in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., April 15, 2013]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on April 16.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Somalia, eligibility to receive defense articles and services, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Somalia : U.S. assistance.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201300232.