[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 247 (Monday, December 23, 1996)] [Presidential Documents] [Page 67685] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-32740] [[Page 67683]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part V The President _______________________________________________________________________ Presidential Determination No. 97-12--Drawdown of Commodities and Services From the Inventory and Resources of the Department of Defense To Support a Peace Monitoring Force in Northern Iraq Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 247 / Monday, December 23, 1996 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 67685]] Presidential Determination No. 97-12 of December 11, 1996 Drawdown of Commodities and Services From the Inventory and Resources of the Department of Defense To Support a Peace Monitoring Force in Northern Iraq Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to the authority vested in me by sections 552(c)(2) and 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2348a(c)(2) and 2364(a)(1) (the ``Act''), I hereby determine that: (1) as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act in amounts in excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance is important to the national interests of the United States; (2) an unforeseen emergency requires the immediate provision of assistance under Chapter 6 Part II of the Act; and (3) it is important to the security interests of the United States to furnish up to $4 million of commodities and services from the inventory of the Department of Defense to support a Peace Monitoring Force in northern Iraq, without regard to any provision of law within the scope of section 614(a)(1) of the Act, including various restrictions on providing assistance to Iraq. I therefore direct the drawdown of commodities and services from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense of an aggregate value not to exceed $4 million to support a Peace Monitoring Force in northern Iraq. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. (Presidential Sig.)THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 11, 1996. [FR Doc. 96-32740 Filed 12-20-96; 8:47 am] Billing code 4710-10-M