[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 2 (Monday, January 17, 1994)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assistance to the States of the Former Soviet Union

January 8, 1994

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Notification Under 10 U.S.C. 2215 for the New Independent 
States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union

    Pursuant to Section 2215, Title 10, United States Code, as amended 
by Section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1994, I hereby certify that making available the funds appropriated 
under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense Agencies'' in the 
Supplemental Appropriations for the NIS of the Former Soviet Union Act, 
1993 (Title VI of Public Law 103-87) to the Agency for International 
Development, Assistance for the NIS of the Former Soviet Union, is in 
the national security interest of the United States.
    You are authorized and directed to submit a copy of this 
certification to the appropriate committees of the Congress and to 
arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on January 10.