Presidential Memorandum 2022-18116 explained · Presidential Memorandum
Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Colombia
Published: 2022-08-19 Federal Register document: 2022-18116
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Presidential Memorandum 2022-18116 says
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022) [Federal Register Volume 87, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 2022)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 51233] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2022-18116] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 160 / Friday, August 19, 2022 / Presidential Documents [[Page 51233]] Presidential Determination No. 2022-20 of August 9, 2022 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 includes effective means to identify and warn an aircraft before...
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