[House Document 105-148]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 1st Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-148


 
                   PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION 97-34

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                      THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

                          LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS,

                        THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                              transmitting

A COPY OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION NO. 97-34: TRANSFER OF $4 MILLION 
   IN FY 1997 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS TO THE PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
ACCOUNT TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN CRISIS RESPONSE INITIATIVE UNDER SECTION 
  610(a) OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961, PURSUANT TO 22 U.S.C. 
                               2318(a)(1)





October 21, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed


                                  U.S. Department of State,
                                   Washington, DC, October 3, 1997.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: On September 22, 1997, the President 
exercised his authority under section 610(a) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the ``Act'') to authorize 
that $4 million of funds made available for Chapter 4 of Part 
II of the Act, be transferred to, and consolidated with, funds 
made available under Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) under 
Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act. These funds will be used to 
enhance the capacity of countries participating in the African 
Crisis Response Initiative to respond to peacekeeping and 
humanitarian crises in Africa.
    Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of help 
on this or any other matter.
            Sincerely,
                                            Barbara Larkin,
                         Assistance Secretary, Legislative Affairs.
    Enclosure: Presidential Determination 97-34.


                                           The White House,
                                    Washington, September 22, 1997.
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Transfer of $4 million in FY 1997 Economic Support Funds to 
        the Peacekeeping Operations Account to Support the African 
        Crisis Response Initiative
    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 610(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the ``Act''), I 
hereby determine that it is necessary for the purposes of the 
Act that $4 million of funds made available under Chapter 4 of 
Part II of the Act for fiscal year 1997 be transferred to, and 
consolidated with, funds made available under Chapter 6 of Part 
II of the Act.
    I hereby authorize the use in fiscal year 1997 of the 
aforesaid $4 million in funds made available under Chapter 4 of 
Part II of the Act to provide peacekeeping assistance to 
support countries participating in the African Crisis Response 
Initiative.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this 
determination immediately to the Congress and to arrange for 
its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton.

                                
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