Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons, 65281-65282 [2018-27696]

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 244 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 65281-65282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27696]




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Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 244 / Thursday, December 20, 2018 / 
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                Presidential Determination No. 2019-05 of November 29, 
                2018

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

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State

                Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) (the ``Act''), 
                as amended, I hereby determine as follows:

                As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, 
                I determine that the United States will not provide 
                nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to the 
                Governments of Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, 
                Burundi, China, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo 
                (ROC), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 
                Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Laos, Mauritania, Papua 
                New Guinea (PNG), South Sudan, Turkmenistan, and 
                Venezuela for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 until such 
                governments comply with the minimum standards or make 
                significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance 
                with the Act.

                As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, 
                I determine that the United States will not provide 
                nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to, or 
                allow funding for participation in educational and 
                cultural exchange programs by officials or employees 
                of, the Governments of Eritrea, the Democratic People's 
                Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russia, and Syria for FY 2019 
                until such governments comply with the Act's minimum 
                standards or make significant efforts to bring 
                themselves into compliance with the Act.

                As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, I 
                hereby instruct the United States Executive Director of 
                each multilateral development bank, as defined in the 
                Act, and of the International Monetary Fund to vote 
                against and use best efforts to deny any loan or other 
                utilization of the funds of the respective institution 
                (other than for humanitarian assistance; for trade-
                related assistance; or for development assistance that 
                directly addresses basic human needs, is not 
                administered by the government of such country, and 
                confers no benefit to that government) for the 
                Governments of Bolivia, Burma, Burundi, China, Comoros, 
                ROC, DRC, DPRK, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Laos, 
                Mauritania, Russia, South Sudan, Syria, and Venezuela 
                for FY 2019 until such governments comply with the 
                minimum standards or make significant efforts to bring 
                themselves into compliance with the Act.

                Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I 
                determine that a partial waiver to allow International 
                Military Education and Training (IMET), Foreign 
                Military Financing (FMF), and Foreign Military Sales 
                (FMS) related to FMF with respect to Belize would 
                promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 
                national interest of the United States;

                Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I 
                determine that a partial waiver to allow assistance 
                described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act with 
                respect to PNG--with the exception of Peacekeeping 
                Operations (PKO), FMS not related to FMF, and Excess 
                Defense Articles (EDA)--would promote the purposes of 
                the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the 
                United States;

                Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I 
                determine that a partial waiver with respect to Eritrea 
                to allow funding for educational and cultural

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                exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) 
                of the Act, and a partial waiver to allow assistance 
                described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act with 
                respect to Eritrea--with the exception of FMF, FMS, 
                IMET, EDA, and PKO--would promote the purposes of the 
                Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the 
                United States;

                Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I 
                determine that the provision of all programs, projects, 
                and activities described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of 
                the Act to the Governments of Belarus and Turkmenistan 
                would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 
                in the national interest of the United States; and

                Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I 
                determine that providing assistance described in 
                section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to Belarus, Belize, 
                Eritrea, PNG, and Turkmenistan would promote the 
                purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 
                interest of the United States.

                You are authorized and directed to submit this 
                determination, the certification required by section 
                110(e) of the Act, and the Department of State's 
                Memorandum of Justification, on which I have relied, to 
                the Congress, and to publish the determination in the 
                Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, November 29, 2018

[FR Doc. 2018-27696
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