Presidential Determination -- South Sudan
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
Presidential Determination
No. 2014-09
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
SUBJECT: Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Relating to South Sudan
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the Act) (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(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 $50 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs resulting from the crisis in South Sudan, 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.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
BARACK OBAMA
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