[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 242 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 75233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24276]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5249]


Determination and Waiver of Section 517(a) of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act 
(2006) (Pub. L. 109-102) Relating to Assistance for the Independent 
States of the Soviet Union

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Deputy Secretary of 
State, including by Section 517(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 
109-102), Executive Order 13118 of March 31, 1999, and State Department 
Delegation of Authority No. 245 of April 21, 2001, I hereby determine 
that it is in the national security interest of the United States to 
make available funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for 
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' in Title II of that 
Act without regard to the restriction in that section.
    This determination shall be reported to the Congress promptly and 
published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 5, 2005.
Robert B. Zoellick,
Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 05-24276 Filed 12-16-05; 8:45 am]
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