[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 32 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Page 1331]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to Russia Under the 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM 
Support Act

August 7, 2002

 Presidential Determination No. 2002-27

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination on Waiver of Restrictions on 
Assistance to Russia under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 
and Title V of the FREEDOM Support Act

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 302 of the 2002 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery from and Response 
to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (Public Law 107-206), I hereby 
certify that waiving the restrictions contained in subsection (d) of 22 
U.S.C. 5952 and in section 502 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 
102-511) with respect to the Russian Federation is important to the 
national security interests of the United States.
    You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification to 
the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 August 7, 2002.

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on August 8.