[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 1 (Monday, January 9, 1995)]
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Memorandum on Assistance to Refugees of the Newly Independent States of 
the Former Soviet Union

December 30, 1994

Presidential Determination No. 95-11

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and 
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(b)(2), I hereby designate 
refugees and displaced persons from the Newly Independent States of the 
former Soviet Union as qualifying for assistance under section 2(b)(2) 
of the Act, and determine that such assistance will contributes to the 
foreign policy interests of the United States.
    You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate committees 
of the Congress of this determination and to publish this determination 
in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on January 3, 1995.