[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 32 (Monday, August 11, 2003)]
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Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration 
and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended

August 4, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-29

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

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

    Consistent with 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 $26 
million be made available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration 
Assistance Fund for a contribution to the United Nations Relief and 
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to meet 
unexpected, urgent refugee needs in the West Bank and Gaza.
    You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate committees 
of the Congress of this determination and the obligation of funds under 
this authority, and to arrange for the publication of this memorandum in 
the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 8, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on August 
11.