[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 29 (Monday, July 28, 2008)]
[Pages 1028-1029]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Emergency Fund Drawdown To Assist Zimbabwean Refugees in 
South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zambia

July 25, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2008-23

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Emergency Fund Drawdown to Assist Zimbabwean Refugees in South 
Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zambia

    By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of 
the United States, including sections 2 and 4(a)(1) of the Migration and 
Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the ``Act''), as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601 
and 2603) and section 301 of title 3, United States Code:
    (1) I hereby determine, pursuant to 2(c)(1) of the Act, that it is 
important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act, 
in an amount not to exceed $2.5 million from the United States Emergency 
Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose of meeting 
unexpected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by 
contributions to international, governmental, and nongovernmental 
organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of

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Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related 
to humanitarian needs of Zimbabwean refugees and asylum seekers; and
    (2) the functions of the President in relation to this memorandum 
under section 2(d) of the Act, and of establishing terms and conditions 
under section 2(c)(1) of the Act, are assigned to you, and you may 
further assign such functions to any of your subordinates, consistent 
with applicable law.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush