Memorandum for the Secretary of State

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 182 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 54285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21975]

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Title 3--
The President

Presidential Determination No. 2008-25 of August 28,
2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Emergency Fund Drawdown to Assist Georgian Victims of
Conflict

By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, including sections 2 and
4(a)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of
1962 (the ``Act''), as amended, (22 U.S.C. 2601 and
2603) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code:

(1) I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of
the Act, that it is important to the national interest
to furnish assistance under the Act, in an amount not
to exceed $5.75 million from the United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for
the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee
and migration needs, including by contributions to
international, governmental, and nongovernmental
organizations and payment of administrative expenses of
the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of
the Department of State, related to the humanitarian
needs of conflict victims and those displaced by recent
violence in Georgia.

(2) I hereby assign to you the functions of the
President in relation to this memorandum under section
2(d) of the Act, and of establishing terms and
conditions under section 2(c)(1) of the Act, and you
may further assign such functions to your subordinates,
consistent with applicable law.

You are authorized and directed to publish this
memorandum in the Federal Register .

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, August 28, 2008