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

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 50755] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2015-20857] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 162 / Friday, August 21, 2015 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 50755]] Presidential Determination No. 2015-10 of August 5, 2015 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 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 shall at a minimum include 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, August 5, 2015. [FR Doc. 2015-20857 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am] Billing code 4710-10