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Memorandum on Funding for the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
Organization

September 29, 1999

Presidential Determination No. 99-42

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject:  Use of $18.1 Million in Unallocated Nonproliferation, Anti-
Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs Funds for a U.S. Contribution 
to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 614(a)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(1) (the 
``Act''), I hereby determine that it is important to the security 
interests of the United States to furnish up to $18.1 million in funds 
made available under the heading ``Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs'' in title II of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as 
enacted in Public Law 105-277, for assistance for KEDO without regard to 
any provision of law within the scope of section 614(a)(1). I hereby 
authorize the furnishing of this assistance.
    Your are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton