[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 182 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
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                Presidential Determination No. 2008-25 of August 28, 
                2008

                
Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Emergency Fund Drawdown to Assist Georgian Victims of 
                Conflict

                By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
                the laws of the United States, including sections 2 and 
                4(a)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
                1962 (the ``Act''), as amended, (22 U.S.C. 2601 and 
                2603) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code:

                (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 $5.75 million from the United States 
                Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for 
                the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee 
                and migration needs, 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, related to the humanitarian 
                needs of conflict victims and those displaced by recent 
                violence in Georgia.

                (2) I hereby assign to you the functions of the 
                President in relation to this memorandum under section 
                2(d) of the Act, and of establishing terms and 
                conditions under section 2(c)(1) of the Act, and you 
                may further assign such functions to your subordinates, 
                consistent with applicable law.

                You are authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register .
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, August 28, 2008

[FR Doc. E8-21975
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