Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 34973-34974 [07-3137]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 34973-34974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3137]



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Part III





The President





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Presidential Determination No. 2007-20 of June 1, 2007--Assistance for 
the West Bank and Gaza



Presidential Determination No. 2007-21 of June 1, 2007--Suspension of 
Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act



Memorandum of June 12, 2007--Assignment of Certain Reporting Functions 
of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 121 / Monday, June 25, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Presidential Determination No. 2007-20 of June 1, 2007

                
Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 550(b) of the Foreign 
                Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
                Appropriations Act, 2006 (FOAA)(Public Law 109-102), as 
                amended by the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
                Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 
                Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234), sections 
                620K(e) and 620L(b)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act, 
                as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 
                (Public Law 109-446), and section 301 of title 3, 
                United States Code, I hereby certify and report that:

                With respect to the provision of assistance for the 
                administrative and personal security costs of the 
                Office of the President of the Palestinian Authority; 
                for the activities of the President of the Palestinian 
                Authority to promote democracy, peaceful resolution of 
                the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the rule of law 
                and to fulfill his duties as President, including, 
                among other things, to maintain control of the 
                management and security of border crossings and to 
                foster the Middle East peace process; and, with respect 
                to independent agencies:

  it is in the national security interest of the United States to 
provide such assistance;

  as the case may be, the President of the Palestinian Authority, 
the President's party, and independent agencies and any members thereof, 
including any individual or entity for which assistance is proposed to be 
provided, are not members of, appointed by, or effectively controlled by 
Hamas or any other foreign terrorist organization; and

  such assistance provided hereunder will not be transferred or 
retransferred to any member of Hamas or other foreign terrorist 
organization or to any entity effectively controlled by Hamas or other 
foreign terrorist organization.

                Accordingly, I hereby waive section 550(a) of the FOAA, 
                as amended, and section 620K(a) of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act, as amended, with respect to such 
                assistance, and authorize such assistance for the above 
                purposes.

                Furthermore, I hereby determine that, with respect to 
                assistance to nongovernmental organizations for the 
                West Bank and Gaza other than assistance covered by 
                paragraphs (b)(1), (2), and (3) of section 620L of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, it is in the 
                national security interest of the United States to 
                provide such assistance as the Secretary of State deems 
                appropriate, and assign to the Secretary of State the 
                functions under section 620L(b)(4)(B) regarding the 
                specific programs, projects, and activities to be 
                carried out using such assistance.

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                I also hereby assign the functions of the President 
                under section 550(b) and (c) of the FOAA, as amended 
                and as carried forward under the Revised Continuing 
                Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110-5), to 
                the Secretary of State.

                You are hereby authorized and directed to report this 
                determination to the Congress and publish it in the 
                Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, June 1, 2007.

[FR Doc. 07-3137
Filed 6-22-07; 9:57 am]
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