Presidential Determination With Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons, 58861-58863 [2013-23463]

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 58861-58863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23463]




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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 25, 2013 / 
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                Presidential Determination No. 2013-16 of September 17, 
                2013

                
Presidential Determination With Respect to 
                Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in 
                Persons

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (Division A of Public Law 106-
                386), as amended (the ``Act''), I hereby:

                Make the determination provided in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, with respect to the 
                Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Democratic 
                Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Sudan, 
                and Zimbabwe, not to provide certain funding for those 
                countries' governments for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014, until 
                such governments comply with the minimum standards or 
                make significant efforts to bring themselves into 
                compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of 
                State in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 
                110(b) of the Act;

                Make the determination provided in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, with respect to Cuba, 
                Eritrea, and Syria not to provide certain funding for 
                those countries' governments for FY 2014, until such 
                governments comply with the minimum standards or make 
                significant efforts to bring themselves into 
                compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of 
                State in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 
                110(b) of the Act;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Algeria, the Central African 
                Republic, People's Republic of China, Guinea-Bissau, 
                Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Papua New Guinea, Russia, 
                Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Yemen that provision to 
                these countries' governments of all programs, projects, 
                or activities of assistance described in sections 
                110(d)(1)(A)(i)-(ii) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act would 
                promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 
                national interest of the United States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to the Democratic Republic of the 
                Congo, that assistance and programs described in 
                section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, 
                with the exception of foreign military sales and 
                foreign military financing to the army of the 
                Democratic Republic of the Congo, would promote the 
                purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 
                interest of the United States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Sudan, that assistance and 
                programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 
                110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, with the exception of foreign 
                military sales and foreign military financing to the 
                Sudanese land forces, air forces, and popular defense 
                force, would promote the purposes of the Act or is 
                otherwise in the national interest of the United 
                States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Syria and Eritrea, that a partial 
                waiver to allow funding for educational and cultural 
                exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) 
                of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is 
                otherwise in the national interest of the United 
                States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Equatorial Guinea, that a partial 
                waiver to allow funding for programs described in 
                section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to support programs 
                to study and combat the spread of infectious diseases 
                and to advance sustainable

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                natural resource management and biodiversity and to 
                support the participation of government employees or 
                officials in young leader exchanges programming would 
                promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 
                national interest of the United States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Syria and Equatorial Guinea, that 
                assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act 
                would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 
                in the national interest of the United States;

                Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Zimbabwe, that a partial waiver to 
                allow funding for programs described in section 
                110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act for assistance for victims 
                of trafficking in persons or to combat such 
                trafficking, and for programs to support the promotion 
                of health, good governance, education, leadership, 
                agriculture and food security, poverty reduction, 
                livelihoods, family planning, and macroeconomic growth 
                including anti-corruption, and programs that would have 
                a significant adverse effect on vulnerable populations 
                if suspended, would promote the purposes of the Act or 
                is otherwise in the national interest of the United 
                States;

                And determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the 
                Act, with respect to Zimbabwe, that assistance 
                described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, which:

                    (1) is a regional program, project, or activity 
                under which the total benefit to Zimbabwe does not 
                exceed 10 percent of the total value of such program, 
                project, or activity;
                    (2) has as its primary objective the addressing of 
                basic human needs, as defined by the Department of the 
                Treasury with respect to other, existing legislative 
                mandates concerning U.S. participation in the 
                multilateral development banks;
                    (3) is complementary to or has similar policy 
                objectives to programs being implemented bilaterally by 
                the United States Government;
                    (4) has as its primary objective the improvement of 
                Zimbabwe's legal system, including in areas that impact 
                Zimbabwe's ability to investigate and prosecute 
                trafficking cases or otherwise improve implementation 
                of its anti-trafficking policy, regulations, or 
                legislation;
                    (5) is engaging a government, international 
                organization, or civil society organization, and seeks 
                as its primary objective(s) to: (a) increase efforts to 
                investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons 
                crimes; (b) increase protection for victims of 
                trafficking through better screening, identification, 
                rescue and removal, aftercare (shelter, counseling), 
                training, and reintegration; or (c) expand prevention 
                efforts through education and awareness campaigns 
                highlighting the dangers of trafficking in persons or 
                training and economic empowerment of populations 
                clearly at risk of falling victim to trafficking; or
                    (6) is targeted macroeconomic assistance from the 
                International Monetary Fund that strengthens the 
                macroeconomic management capacity of Zimbabwe; would 
                promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 
                national interest of the United States.

                The certification required by section 110(e) of the Act 
                is provided herewith.

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

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, September 17, 2013.

[FR Doc. 2013-23463
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