    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 13 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
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    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Memorandum on Drawdown of Articles and Services To Support International
    Relief Efforts Relating to the Kosovo Conflict

    March 31, 1999

    Presidential Determination No. 99-20

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

    Subject: Drawdown of Articles and Services to Support International
    Relief Efforts Relating to the Kosovo Conflict

        Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 552(c)(2) of the
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the ``Act''), I hereby
    determine that:
    (1)         as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of
                assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act in amounts
                in excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance
                is important to the national interests of the United States;
                and
    (2)         such unforeseen emergency requires the immediate provision
                of assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act.
        I therefore direct the drawdown of up to $25 million in commodities
    and services from the inventory and resources of the Department of
    Defense to support international relief efforts for Kosovar refugees.
        The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this
    determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the
    Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton

    Note: This item was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    April 1.