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Memorandum for the Secretary of State
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary July 25, 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

ÿÿWhite House News


July 25, 2008 Presidential Determination No. 2008-23

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
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

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