2023-21372. Delegation of Authority Under Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

Memorandum of September 15, 2023

Delegation of Authority Under Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State for Fiscal Year 2024 the authority under section 404(c)(1) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1(c)(1)) (CSPA) to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Rwanda, to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Turkey to allow for the provision of Foreign Military Financing and Excess Defense Articles, and to make the determination and certification necessary for such waivers. I hereby also delegate to the Secretary of State the authority under section 404(c)(2) of the CSPA to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such waivers and the justification for granting such waivers, and to publish the determination for such waivers in the Federal Register.

You are hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

  THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, September 15, 2023 Filed 9–26–23; 11:15 am]