[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 50 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Pages 1770-1771]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Presidential Determination on Waiver of Conditions on Obligation and 
Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and Construction of a 
Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia

December 6, 2003

Presidential Determination No. 2004-10

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination on Waiver of Conditions on 
Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and 
Construction of a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia

    Consistent with the authority vested in me by section 1306 of the 
Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 
108-136) (the ``Act''), I hereby certify that waiving the conditions 
described in section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65) is important to the national 
security interests of the United States, and include herein, for 
submission to the Congress, the statement, justification, and plan 
described in section 1306 of the Act.
    You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination, 
including the statement, justification, and plan to the Congress and to 
arrange for publication of this determination in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

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