[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 34 (Monday, September 1, 2008)]
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Memorandum on Emergency Fund Drawdown To Assist Georgian Victims of 
Conflict

August 28, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2008-25

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Emergency Fund Drawdown to Assist Georgian Victims of Conflict

    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 section 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 $5.75 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 
Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related 
to the humanitarian needs of conflict victims and those displaced by 
recent violence in Georgia.
    (2) I hereby assign to you 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, and 
you may further assign such functions to your subordinates, consistent 
with applicable law.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.

                                                George W. Bush