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Presidential Determination

Transfer of Economic Support Funds, Peacekeeping Operations Funds, and Foreign Military Financing Funds to the International Organizations and Programs Account and Use of Funds to Provide a U.S. Contribution of $29,407,000 to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO)

This determination transfers $6 million across foreign assistance accounts and authorizes a $29.407 million U.S. contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), bypassing normal statutory restrictions under presidential waiver authority. The funds support KEDO's nuclear nonproliferation mission related to the 1994 Agreed Framework with North Korea.

Federal Register Open PDF 65 FR 59695

Impact dates

  1. Transmit determination to Congress and arrange Federal Register publication

Key directives

  • Transfer $2.466 million in Economic Support Funds (FY2000) to International Organizations and Programs Account
  • Transfer $2 million in Peacekeeping Operations Funds (prior years) to IO&P Account
  • Transfer $1.534 million in Foreign Military Financing Funds (FY2000) to IO&P Account
  • Furnish $20.307 million in Nonproliferation/Anti-Terrorism funds to KEDO under section 614(a)(1) waiver
  • Furnish $9.1 million in IO&P funds to KEDO ($6 million transferred plus $3.1 million existing)
  • Transmit determination to Congress
  • Arrange Federal Register publication

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Transfer of $6 million between foreign assistance accounts authorized
  • Waiver of statutory restrictions on KEDO assistance invoked

Near term (90d)

  • Transmission of determination to Congress
  • Federal Register publication arranged

Long term

  • KEDO operations funded for continued nuclear reactor project in North Korea
  • U.S. financial commitment to Agreed Framework implementation maintained

Risks & tensions

  • Section 614(a)(1) waiver allows bypassing congressional restrictions—potential interbranch tension
  • KEDO funding occurs amid uncertainty about North Korean compliance with Agreed Framework
  • Document does not specify KEDO fund disbursement schedule
Presidential Determination: Transfer of Economic Support Funds, Peacekeeping Operations Funds, and Foreign Military Financing Funds to the International Organizations and Programs Account and Use of Funds to Provide a U.S. Contribution of $29,407,000 to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) · Executive Orders