[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 99-26267]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 1999 /
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Presidential Determination No. 99-43 of September 30,
1999
Drawdown Under Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign
Assistance Act To Provide Counter-Drug Assistance to
Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary
of the Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the
Attorney General[, and] the Secretary of Transportation
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section
506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, 22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2) (the ``Act''), I hereby
determine that it is in the national interest of the
United States to draw down articles and services from
the inventory and resources of the Department of
Defense, military education and training from the
Department of Defense, and articles and services from
the inventory and resources of the Departments of
Justice, State, Transportation, and the Treasury for
the purpose of providing international anti-narcotics
assistance to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama.
Therefore, I direct the drawdown of up to $72.55
million of articles and services from the inventory and
resources of the Departments of Defense,
Transportation, Justice, State, and the Treasury, and
military education and training from the Department of
Defense, for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama for
the purposes and under the authorities of chapter 8 of
part I of the Act.
As a matter of policy and consistent with past
practice, my Administration will seek to ensure that
the assistance furnished under this drawdown is not
provided to any unit of any foreign country's security
forces if that unit is credibly alleged to have
committed gross violations of human rights unless the
government of such country is taking effective measures
to bring the responsible members of that unit to
justice.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to
report this determination to the Congress immediately
and to arrange for its publication in the Federal
Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 30, 1999.
[FR Doc. 99-26267
Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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