*Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 *

**Presidential Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 2249a of Title 10, United States Code, and Sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act To Support United States Special Operations To Combat Terrorism in Syria **

*December 8, 2016 *

Presidential Determination No. 2017–05

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

*Subject: *Presidential Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 2249a of Title 10, United States Code, and Sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act to Support U.S. Special Operations to Combat Terrorism in Syria

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2249a of title 10, United States Code, sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2781), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby:

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

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., December 12, 2016]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on December 13.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : Syria, U.S. special operations to combat terrorism, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* Syria : Terrorism; Syria : U.S. assistance. *DCPD Number:* DCPD201600830.