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**Designation of the State of Qatar as a Major Non-NATO Ally**
**Memorandum for the Secretary of State**
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and by section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k) (the “Act”), I hereby designate the State of Qatar as a major Non-NATO Ally of the United States for the purposes of the Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 *et seq* .).
You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the *Federal Register* .
The White House,