*Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 *

**Memorandum on Eligibility of the Multinational Force and Observers To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act **

*November 16, 2016 *

Presidential Determination No. 2017–02* *

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject: *Eligibility of the Multinational Force and Observers to Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act

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

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination and the accompanying memorandum of justification to the Congress and publish this determination in the *Federal Register*.

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., November 25, 2016]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on November 28.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Arms Export Control Act, multinational force and observers, memorandum on eligibility to receive defense articles and services*.*

*Subjects:* Arms Export Control Act; Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201600787.