*Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 *

**Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 **

*September 28, 2016 *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject:* Delegation of Authority Under Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 404(c)(1) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, as amended (CSPA) (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1), to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA, as it applies to Yemen, and to make the determinations necessary for such waiver. I hereby also delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 404(c)(2) of the CSPA to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such waiver and the accompanying Memorandum of Justification for granting such waiver, and to publish the determination in the *Federal Register. *

You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, delegation of authority, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, delegation of authority.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201600644.