Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CPSA) of 2008

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 66384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21394]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice:13150]


Determination and Certification With Respect to the Child 
Soldiers Prevention Act (CPSA) of 2008

    Pursuant to section 404 of the CSPA (22 U.S.C.2370c-1) and 
presidential delegation of authority dated August 4, 2025, I hereby: 
Determine that it is in the national interest of the United States to 
waive in part the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of 
the CSPA with respect to the Central African Republic to allow for the 
provision of international military education and training (IMET) 
assistance and excess defense articles (EDA) and the issuance of direct 
commercial sales (DCS) licenses to the extent that the CSPA would 
restrict such assistance; to waive in part the application of the 
prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to the DRC to 
allow for the provision of IMET and peacekeeping operations (PKO) 
assistance, and the issuance of DCS licenses to the extent that the 
CSPA would restrict such assistance; to waive the application of the 
prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Ethiopia; to 
waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA 
with respect to Nigeria; to waive in part the application of the 
prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Somalia to 
allow for the provision of PKO assistance and support provided pursuant 
to 10 U.S.C. 331 and 10 U.S.C. 333 to the extent that the CSPA would 
restrict such assistance; to waive in part the application of the 
prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Venezuela to 
allow for the provision of IMET assistance to the extent that the CSPA 
would restrict such assistance; to waive the application of the 
prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to Yemen; and to 
waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA 
to allow for the issuance of DCS licenses related to other U.S. 
government assistance for the above countries and, with respect to the 
Russian Federation, solely for the issuance of DCS licenses in 
connection with the International Space Station.
    I certify that the governments of the above countries are taking 
effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child 
soldiers.
    Accordingly, I hereby waive such applications of section 404(a) of 
the CSPA.
    This determination and certification shall be published in the 
Federal Register and shall be transmitted, along with the accompanying 
Memorandum of Justification, to Congress.

    Dated: September 30, 2026.
Marco Rubio,
Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2026-21394 Filed 10-19-26; 8:45 am]
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