For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 29, 2003
Memorandum
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning
On March 28, 2001, I issued a memorandum for the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
directing that certain conditions be placed on assistance for family
planning activities provided to foreign nongovernmental organizations
by USAID.
Because family planning grants are awarded by the Department of
State outside of USAID as well as through USAID, you are hereby
directed to extend the requirements of the March 28, 2001, memorandum
to all assistance for voluntary population planning furnished to
foreign nongovernmental organizations and appro-priated pursuant to the
Foreign Assistance Act, whether such assistance is furnished by USAID
or any other bureau, office, or component of the Department of State.
As set forth in the March 28, 2001, memorandum, this policy applies
to certain assistance provided to foreign nongovernmental
organizations. Such organizations do not include multilateral
organizations that are associations of governments. This policy shall
not apply to foreign assistance furnished pursuant to the United States
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-25).
The foregoing directive is issued consistent with the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of
America, including sections 104 and 104A of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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