[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 20 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Pages 933-934]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assistance for Kosovar Refugees

May 18, 1999

Presidential Determination No. 99-23

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and 
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

    Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that 
it is important to the national interest that up to $15 million be made 
available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund 
to meet urgent

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and unexpected humanitarian requirements associated with the Kosovo 
crisis.
    These funds will be used to meet the urgent and unexpected needs of 
refugees, displaced persons, victims of conflict, and other persons at 
risk due to the Kosovo crisis. These funds may be used, as appropriate, 
to provide contributions to governmental, international, and 
nongovernmental organizations. As necessary, funds will also support 
requirements associated with the U.S. program to provide refuge in the 
United States for up to 20,000 Kosovar refugees, and for administrative 
expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
    You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate committees 
of the Congress of this determination and the use of funds under this 
authority, and to arrange for the publication of this determination in 
the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton