[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 72 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 20083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7960]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6186]


Determination and Waiver of Section 617(a) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, Related Programs Appropriations Act (2008) 
(Division J, Pub. L. 110-161), Relating to Assistance for the 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Deputy Secretary of 
State, including by Section 617(a) of the Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008) (Division J, 
Public Law 110-161) (SFOAA), Executive Order 13118 of March 31, 1999, 
and State Department Delegation of Authority No. 245 of April 23, 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 the SFOAA, without regard to the restriction in that 
section.
    This determination shall be reported to the Congress promptly and 
published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: February 19, 2008.
John D. Negroponte,
Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E8-7960 Filed 4-11-08; 8:45 am]
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