[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 13 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Page 563]
[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.