Foreign Disaster Assistance

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Part VII

The President

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Executive Order 12966--Foreign Disaster Assistance

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Title 3--
The President

Executive Order 12966 of July 14, 1995

Foreign Disaster Assistance

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1995, Public Law 103-337 (the
``Act'') and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. This order governs the implementation of
section 404 of title 10, United States Code, as added
by amendment set forth in section 1412(a) of the Act.
Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 404(a), the Secretary of Defense
is hereby directed to provide disaster assistance
outside the United States to respond to manmade or
natural disasters when the Secretary of Defense
determines that such assistance is necessary to prevent
loss of lives. The Secretary of Defense shall exercise
the notification functions required of the President by
10 U.S.C. 404(c).

Sec. 2. The Secretary of Defense shall provide disaster
assistance only: (a) at the direction of the President;
or

(b) with the concurrence of the Secretary of State;
or
(c) in emergency situations in order to save human
lives, where there is not sufficient time to seek the
prior initial concurrence of the Secretary of State, in
which case the Secretary of Defense shall advise, and
seek the concurrence of, the Secretary of State as soon
as practicable thereafter.

For the purpose of section 2(b) of this order, only the
Secretary of State, or the Deputy Secretary of State,
or persons acting in those capacities, shall have the
authority to withhold concurrence. Concurrence of the
Secretary of State is not required for the execution of
military operations undertaken pursuant to, and
consistent with, assistance provided in accordance with
parts (b) and (c) of this section, or with respect to
matters relating to the internal financial processes of
the Department of Defense.

Sec. 3. In providing assistance covered by this order,
the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the
Administrator of the Agency for International
Development, in the Administrator's capacity as the
President's Special Coordinator for International
Disaster Assistance.

Sec. 4. This order does not affect any activity or
program authorized under any other provision of law,
except that referred to in section 1 of this order.

Sec. 5. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., e.d.t.
on July 15, 1995.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 14, 1995.