Provision of $25.5 Million to Support a Train and Equip Program in Georgia

[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 39247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14536]

Presidential Determination No. 02-20 of May 30, 2002

Provision of $25.5 Million to Support a Train and
Equip Program in Georgia

Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the
Secretary of Defense

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the laws and
Constitution of the United States, including sections
614(a)(2) and 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended, I hereby determine that it is
vital to the national security interests of the United
States to provide up to $4.5 million in fiscal year
1997 and 1998 Foreign Military Financing Funds for
assistance to Georgia under section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act without regard to any provision of
law that might otherwise restrict provision of such
funds. I further determine that an unforeseen emergency
exists requiring immediate military assistance for
Georgia that cannot be met under the Arms Control
Export Act or any other law, and hereby direct the
drawdown of defense articles and services from the
stocks of the Department of Defense, and military
education and training of the aggregate value of $21
million to meet that emergency requirement. I hereby
authorize the furnishing of this assistance.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
report this determination to the Congress and to
publish it in the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)B

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, May 30, 2002.