[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 39 (Monday, October 6, 2008)]
[Pages 1294-1295]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Unexpected Urgent Humanitarian Needs Related to Pakistan, 
Afghanistan, and Georgia

October 3, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2009-01

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Unexpected Urgent Humanitarian Needs Related to Pakistan, 
Afghanistan, and Georgia

    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 $8.3 million 
      from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance 
      Fund, for the purpose of meeting unexpected and urgent refugee and 
      migration needs in Pakistan and Afghanistan resulting from 
      intensified armed conflict and flooding, and in Georgia due to 
      recent violence, 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; 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 your subordinates, 
      consistent with applicable law.

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    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush