*Administration of Barack Obama, 2014 *

**Memorandum on Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Relating to South Sudan **

*May 19, 2014 *

Presidential Determination No. 2014–09

*Memorandum for the Secretary of State *

*Subject:* Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Relating to South Sudan

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the "Act") (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(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 $50 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs resulting from the crisis in South Sudan, 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.

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

BARACK OBAMA

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., May 28, 2014]

NOTE: This memorandum was published in the *Federal Register* on May 29.

*Categories:* Communications to Federal Agencies : South Sudan, unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs, memorandum*.*

*Subjects:* South Sudan : Political unrest and violence; South Sudan : U.S. assistance.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201400379.