[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 34 (Monday, August 25, 2003)]
[Page 1082]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Resumption of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the 
Government of Colombia

August 18, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-32

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Resumption of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the 
Government of Colombia

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22 
U.S.C. section 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Colombia, 
that: (1) interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily 
engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is 
necessary because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug 
trafficking to the national security of that country; and (2) that 
country has appropriate procedures in place to protect against innocent 
loss of life in the air and on the ground in connection with such 
interdiction, which shall at a minimum include effective means to 
identify and warn an aircraft before the use of force is directed 
against the aircraft.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of this 
determination.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 22, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on August 19, and it was published in the Federal Register on August 25.