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Memorandum on Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union

December 8, 1998

Presidential Determination No. 99-8

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Assistance Program for the New Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union

    Pursuant to Section 517(b) in Title V of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 
Law 105-277), I hereby determine that it is in the national security 
interest of the United States to make available funds appropriated under 
the heading ``Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former 
Soviet Union'' in Title II of that Act without regard to the restriction 
in that section.
    You are authorized and directed to notify the Congress of this 
determination and to arrange for its publication in the Federal 
Register.
                                            William J. Clinton