For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 20, 2003
Presidential Determination No. 2003-17
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended
Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby determine that
it is important to the national interest that up to $22 million be made
available from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
to meet unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs that are
anticipated in the event of a future humanitarian emergency in the
Middle East, to include contingency planning for such needs. Such an
emergency may arise if it becomes necessary for the United States and
other nations to use military force to disarm the Iraqi regime of its
weapons of mass destruction. These funds may be used, as appropriate,
to provide contributions to international, governmental, and
nongovernmental organizations, as well as for administrative expenses
to manage this response by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and
Migration.
You are authorized and directed to inform the appropriate
committees of the Congress of this determination and the obligation of
funds under this authority, and to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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