*Administration of Barack Obama, 2015 *

**Memorandum on Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the Trading With the Enemy Act **

*September 11, 2015 *

Presidential Determination No. 2015–11

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury *

*Subject:* Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the Trading With the Enemy Act

Under section 101(b) of Public Law 95–223 (91 Stat. 1625; 50 U.S.C. App. 5(b) note), and a previous determination on September 5, 2014 (79 *FR *54183, September 10, 2014), the exercise of certain authorities under the Trading With the Enemy Act is scheduled to terminate on September 14, 2015.

I hereby determine that the continuation for 1 year of the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba is in the national interest of the United States.

Therefore, consistent with the authority vested in me by section 101(b) of Public Law 95–223, I continue for 1 year, until September 14, 2016, the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba, as implemented by the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 15, 2015]

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

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Trading With the Enemy Act, continuation of certain authorities, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Cuba : Relations with U.S.; Trading With the Enemy Act; Treasury, Department of the : Secretary.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201500616.