Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Regarding the Provision of Assistance to Appropriately Vetted Elements of the Syrian Opposition

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Presidential Determination No. 2015-04 of February 20,

2015

Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 1209

of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

Regarding the Provision of Assistance to Appropriately

Vetted Elements of the Syrian Opposition

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States,

including section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.

``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act

(NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 (Public Law 113-291),

I hereby:

-- determine that sections 40 and 40A of the Arms

Export Control Act; section 2249a of Title 10, U.S.

Code; and Chapter 137 of Title 10, U.S. Code, would

impede national security objectives of the United

States by prohibiting, restricting, delaying, or

otherwise limiting the provision of assistance,

including training, equipment, supplies, stipends,

construction of training and associated facilities, and

sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the

Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian

groups and individuals; and

ng, or

otherwise limiting the provision of assistance,

including training, equipment, supplies, stipends,

construction of training and associated facilities, and

sustainment, to appropriately vetted elements of the

Syrian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian

groups and individuals; and

-- waive said provisions of law, to the extent

necessary to allow the Department of Defense, with the

coordination of the Department of State, to carry out

the purposes of section 1209 of the NDAA FY 2015.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this

determination and the accompanying Memorandum of

Justification to the Congress and publish the

determination in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, February 20, 2015

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