[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 3 (Monday, January 20, 2003)]
[Page 63]
[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

January 10, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-11

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 1306 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
314), I hereby certify that waiving the restrictions contained in 
subsection (d) of section 1203 of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act 
of 1993 (22 U.S.C. 5952), as amended, and the requirements contained in 
section 502 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5852) during Fiscal 
Year 2003 with respect to the Russian Federation is important to the 
national security interests of the United States.
    I have enclosed the unclassified report described in section 
1306(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2003, together with a classified annex.
    You are authorized and directed to transmit this certification and 
report with its classified annex to the Congress and to arrange for the 
publication of this certification in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 16, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on January 14, and it was published in the Federal Register on January 
17.