[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 52 (Monday, January 2, 2006)]
[Pages 1922-1923]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Drawdown To Provide Disaster Relief Assistance for 
Pakistan Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as Amended

December 30, 2005

 Presidential Determination No. 2006-08

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Drawdown to Provide Disaster Relief Assistance for Pakistan 
Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
Amended

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 506(a)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2) (the 
``Act''), I hereby determine that it is in the national interest of the 
United States to draw down articles and services from the inventory and 
resources of the Department of Defense for the purpose of providing 
international disaster relief assistance to Pakistan.
    I therefore direct the drawdown of up to $30 million of defense 
articles and services from the inventory and resources of the Department 
of Defense for Pakistan for the purposes and under the authorities of 
chapter 9 of part I of the Act, relating to international disaster 
assistance.
    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this 
determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum.

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