[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 35 (Monday, September 1, 2003)]
[Page 1124]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning

August 29, 2003

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning

    On March 28, 2001, I issued a memorandum for the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directing 
that certain conditions be placed on assistance for family planning 
activities provided to foreign nongovernmental organizations by USAID.
    Because family planning grants are awarded by the Department of 
State outside of USAID as well as through USAID, you are hereby directed 
to extend the requirements of the March 28, 2001, memorandum to all 
assistance for voluntary population planning furnished to foreign 
nongovernmental organizations and appropriated pursuant to the Foreign 
Assistance Act, whether such assistance is furnished by USAID or any 
other bureau, office, or component of the Department of State.
    As set forth in the March 28, 2001, memorandum, this policy applies 
to certain assistance provided to foreign nongovernmental organizations. 
Such organizations do not include multilateral organizations that are 
associations of governments. This policy shall not apply to foreign 
assistance furnished pursuant to the United States Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25).
    The foregoing directive is issued consistent with the authority 
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of 
America, including sections 104 and 104A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 2, 
2003]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on 
September 3.