# 2025-15680: US Certifies Turkey's Child Soldier Progress to Unlock Aid

2025-15680, Presidential Determination and Certification with Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-08-15, effective 2025-08-04 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15680
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-15680
- Title: Presidential Determination and Certification with Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 40019
- Published: 2025-08-15
- Effective: 2025-08-04
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

US Certifies Turkey's Child Soldier Progress to Unlock Aid

## Summary

The President has decided to give Turkey a pass on a law that usually stops U.S. aid to countries using child soldiers. This means Turkey is recognized for making real progress in fighting this problem, so the U.S. will keep working with them. This decision was made official in August 2025 and lets aid continue without interruption.

## Effects PRIA read

- Waiver Lets U.S. Aid Be Given to Turkey: mixed, low. On August 4, 2025, the President waived the restriction in section 404(a) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 for Turkey and certified that the Government of Turkey is taking effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers. This Presidential Determination (No. 2025-…

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## Sources
- [2025-15680 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/15/2025-15680/presidential-determination-and-certification-with-respect-to-the-child-soldiers-prevention-act-of)
- [2025-15680 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/pdf/2025-15680.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-15680 (as of 2026-06-08).