[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 51 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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

December 14, 2004

 Presidential Determination No. 2005-13

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to the Republic of 
Uzbekistan 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 Republic of Uzbekistan 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