*Administration of Barack Obama, 2015 *

**Memorandum on Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 **

*February 20, 2015 *

Presidential Determination No. 2015–04

*Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense *

*Subject:* 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

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:

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*.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., February 24, 2015]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on February 25.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, determination and waiver, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Defense and national security : Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201500115.