[House Document 105-36]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-36


 
              IMPACT OF DELAYING USAID POPULATION FUNDING

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 HIS FINDINGS THAT THE JULY 1, 1997, LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS IMPOSED 
  BY SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION 518A OF THE FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT 
 FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 IS HAVING A 
 NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE POPULATION PLANNING 
PROGRAM--RECEIVED IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 
                                31, 1997




  February 5, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 31, 1997.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by 
section 518A(d) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-
208) (the ``Act''), I hereby find that the July 1, 1997, 
limitation on obligations imposed by subsection (a) of section 
518A is having a negative impact on the proper functioning of 
the population planning program. Subject to a joint resolution 
of approval by the Congress to be adopted no later than 
February 28, 1997, as specified in section 518A(d) of the Act, 
funds for these activities may be made available beginning 
March 1, 1997.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.




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