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Memorandum for the Secretary of State
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 20, 2008

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

ÿÿWhite House News


Presidential Determination
No. 2008-22

SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Africa,
the Middle East, Asia, and the Western Hemisphere

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 $32.8 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 in
Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Western Hemisphere; 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.

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

GEORGE W. BUSH

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