Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]

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Vol. 83

Thursday,

No. 154

August 9, 2018

Part III

The President

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Presidential Determination No. 2018-10 of July 20, 2018--Continuation

of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 154 / Thursday, August 9, 2018 /

Presidential Documents

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Title 3--

The President

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Presidential Determination No. 2018-10 of July 20, 2018

Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance

to the Government of Colombia

Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the

Secretary of Defense

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States, and

pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

Year 1995, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby

certify, with respect to Colombia, that: (1)

interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be

primarily engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that

country's airspace is necessary, because of the

extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking

to the national security of that country; and (2)

Colombia has appropriate procedures in place to protect

against innocent loss of life in the air and on the

ground in connection with such interdiction, which

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ace is necessary, because of the

extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking

to the national security of that country; and (2)

Colombia has appropriate procedures in place to protect

against innocent loss of life in the air and on the

ground in connection with such interdiction, which

includes effective means to identify and warn an

aircraft before the use of force is directed against

the aircraft.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to

publish this determination in the Federal Register and

to notify the Congress of this determination.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, July 20, 2018

[FR Doc. 2018-17261

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