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Presidential Determination

Eligibility of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be Furnished Defense Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act

President Clinton determined that providing defense articles and services to Bosnia and Herzegovina would strengthen U.S. security and promote world peace, making the country eligible under the Foreign Assistance Act and Arms Export Control Act. The Secretary of State was directed to report this finding to Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.

Federal Register Open PDF 61 FR 8463

Impact dates

  1. Publish determination in Federal Register

  2. Report finding to Congress

Market exposure

Policy exposure mapping — not investment advice. Illustrative public companies are incomplete and not recommendations.

Sectors

Defense primesAerospace

Mechanisms

Licensing

Role pressure

  • ProtectiveEquipment supplier — U.S. defense contractors become eligible to sell defense articles and services to Bosnia and Herzegovina under approved programs
  • MixedTrading-partner exporter — Bosnia and Herzegovina gains access to U.S. defense articles but subject to Arms Export Control Act restrictions and end-use monitoring

Geographies

USOTHER

Illustrative public companies

Curated watchlist matches by sector/role — incomplete; not a recommendation.

EADSYAirbusGEGE AerospaceHONHoneywellSPRSpirit AeroSystems

Confidence: medium · Policy alerts

Key directives

  • Report finding to Congress
  • Publish determination in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Determination takes effect upon signing (February 23, 1996)
  • Eligibility for defense articles and services conferred

Near term (90d)

  • Secretary of State to report finding to Congress
  • Secretary of State to publish determination in Federal Register

Long term

  • Ongoing defense trade relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina enabled

Risks & tensions

  • Post-Dayton implementation context; arms flow to Balkans carried proliferation and diversion risks
  • No explicit congressional notification timeline specified in text
Presidential Determination: Eligibility of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be Furnished Defense Articles and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act · Executive Orders