[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 15, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60935-60936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24588]


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 The President

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                Presidential Determination No. 2009-1 of October 3, 
                2008

                
Unexpected Urgent Humanitarian Needs Related to 
                Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Georgia

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State



                October 3, 2008



                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 $8.3 million from the United States Emergency 
                Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose 
                of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and migration 
                needs in Pakistan and Afghanistan resulting from 
                intensified armed conflict and flooding, and in Georgia 
                due to recent violence, 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; and

                (2) 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, are assigned to you, and you may further 
                assign such functions to your subordinates, consistent 
                with applicable law.

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

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, October 3, 2008

[FR Doc. E8-24588
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