[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 46 (Monday, November 16, 1998)]
[Pages 2279-2280]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Emergency Disaster Relief for Central America

November 6, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 99-3

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended to Provide Emergency Disaster Relief 
Assistance for Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 
506(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended 
(``the Act''), 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2), I hereby determine that it is in 
the national interest of the United States to draw down articles and 
services from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense, 
for the purpose of providing international disaster relief assistance to 
Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
    Therefore, I direct the drawdown of up to $30 million of articles 
and services from the inventory and resources of the Department of 
Defense for the Governments of Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and 
Guatemala for the purposes and under the authorities of chapter 9 of 
part I of the Act.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress immediately and to arrange for its 
publication in the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue. An original was not available for verification of the 
content of this memorandum.

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