For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 29, 2005
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Presidential Determination
No. 2005-23
SUBJECT: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended
Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that
it is important to the national interest that up to $34.7 million be
made available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance
Fund to support unexpected urgent humanitarian needs in the West Bank
and Gaza, and refugee repatriation to Burundi and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. These funds may be used, as appropriate, to
provide contributions to international, governmental, and
nongovernmental organizations, and, as necessary, for administrative
expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate
committees of the Congress of this determination and the obligation of
funds under this authority, and to arrange for the publication of this
memorandum in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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