For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 14, 2004
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
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
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