[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 50 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
[Page 2918]
[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

December 6, 2004


 Presidential Determination No. 2005-09


Memorandum for the Secretary of State

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


    Consistent with 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 2005 with respect to the Russian Federation is important to the 
national security interests of the United States.

    You are authorized and directed to transmit to the Congress this 
certification and the associated report (including its classified annex) 
that has been prepared by my Administration consistent with section 
1306(b) of Public Law 107-314. You are further authorized and directed 
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., December 13, 
2004]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on December 7, and it will be published in the Federal Register on 
December 14.