Presidential Determination on the Lao People's Democratic Republic Under Section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended
Presidential Determination No. 2009-21
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Presidential Determination for The Lao People's Democratic Republic Under Section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 2(b)(C) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(2)(C)), I hereby determine that The Lao People's Democratic Republic has ceased to be a Marxist-Leninist country within the definition of such term in section 2(b)(2)(B)(i) of that Act.
You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
NOTE: This Presidential determination was published in the Federal Register on June 18.
Barack Obama, Presidential Determination on the Lao People's Democratic Republic Under Section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as Amended Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/286829