[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 27 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Pages 1011-1012]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on a United States Contribution to the Korean Peninsula 
Energy Development Organization

July 4, 2001

 Presidential Determination No. 2001-21

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Provision of $20 million 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 $20 million in funds 
made available under the title II (Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs) of the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
106-429), 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.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush
      

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 5.

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