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Memorandum on Emergency Disaster Relief for Central America

November 14, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 99-04

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 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 $45 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