[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 37 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Pages 1221-1222]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under 
the Trading With the Enemy Act

September 12, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2008-27

Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury

Subject: Continuation of the Exercise of Certain Authorities Under the 
Trading With the Enemy Act

    Under section 101(b) of Public Law 95-223 (91 Stat. 1625; 50 U.S.C. 
App. 5(b) note), and a previous determination on September 13, 2007 (72 
FR 53409), the exercise of certain authorities under the Trading With 
the Enemy Act is scheduled to terminate on September 14, 2008.

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    I hereby determine that the continuation for 1 year of the exercise 
of those authorities with respect to Cuba is in the national interest of 
the United States.
    Therefore, consistent with the authority vested in me by section 
101(b) of Public Law 95-223, I continue for 1 year, until September 14, 
2009, the exercise of those authorities with respect to Cuba as 
implemented by the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515.
    The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to publish 
this determination in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 16, 
2008]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on September 18.