[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 22 (Monday, June 4, 2007)]
[Pages 735-736]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

June 1, 2007

 Presidential Determination No. 2007-20

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 550(b) of 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2006 (FOAA)(Public Law 109-102), as amended by the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 
Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234), sections 
620K(e) and 620L(b)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as added by the 
Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-446), and section 
301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby certify and report that:
    With respect to the provision of assistance for the administrative 
and personal security costs of the Office of the President of the 
Palestinian Authority; for the activities of the President of the 
Palestinian Authority to promote democracy, peaceful resolution of the 
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the rule of law and to fulfill his 
duties as President, including, among other things, to maintain control 
of the management and security of border crossings and to foster the 
Middle East peace process; and, with respect to independent agencies:
 <bullet>    it is in the national security interest of the United 
            States to provide such assistance;
 <bullet>    as the case may be, the President of the Palestinian 
            Authority, the President's party, and independent agencies 
            and any members thereof, including any individual or entity 
            for which assistance is proposed to be provided, are not 
            members of, appointed by, or effectively controlled by Hamas 
            or any other foreign terrorist organization; and
 <bullet>    such assistance provided hereunder will not be transferred 
            or retransferred to any member of Hamas or other foreign 
            terrorist organization or to any entity effectively 
            controlled by Hamas or other foreign terrorist organization.
    Accordingly, I hereby waive section 550(a) of the FOAA, as amended, 
and section 620K(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, with 
respect to such assistance, and authorize such assistance for the above 
purposes.
    Furthermore, I hereby determine that, with respect to assistance to 
nongovernmental organizations for the West Bank and

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Gaza other than assistance covered by paragraphs (b)(1), (2), and (3) of 
section 620L of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, it is in the 
national security interest of the United States to provide such 
assistance as the Secretary of State deems appropriate, and assign to 
the Secretary of State the functions under section 620L(b)(4)(B) 
regarding the specific programs, projects, and activities to be carried 
out using such assistance.
    I also hereby assign the functions of the President under section 
550(b) and (c) of the FOAA, as amended and as carried forward under the 
Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110-5), 
to the Secretary of State.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination 
to the Congress and publish it in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush