MEMORANDUM FOR DR. AMY GUTMANN Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues SUBJECT: Review of Human Subjects Protection Recently, we discovered that the U.S. Public Health Service conducted research on sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala from 1946 to…
Category: Presidential Memoranda
Presidential Determination No. 2011-5 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE PRESIDENT OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Sudan By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the…
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the…
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Hungary…
Presidential Determination No. 2011-4 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Presidential Determination with Respect to Section 404(c) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws…
October 15, 2010 Presidential Determination No. 2011-3 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT: Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012…
Presidential Determination No. 2011-2 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2011 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section…
It is necessary to have further deliberations about the possible unintended impact of H.R. 3808, the “Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010,” on consumer protections, including those for mortgages, before the bill can be finalized. Accordingly, I am withholding…
Presidential Determination No. 2011-1 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Waiver of Restriction on Providing Funds to the Palestinian Authority By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws…
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Establishing a Task Force on Skills for America’s Future In order to compete in the global economy, the United States needs the most educated workforce in the world. The high-wage…
