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Presidential Determination

Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, (Public Law 107-115)

President Bush certified that withholding U.S. funds from international financial institutions and other international organizations under the 2002 foreign operations appropriations act would be contrary to the national interest, thereby allowing those funds to flow. This routine determination prevented an automatic funding restriction from taking effect.

Federal Register Open PDF 67 FR 10599

Impact dates

  1. publish determination in Federal Register

Key directives

  • certify that withholding funds is contrary to national interest
  • publish determination in Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • funds may continue to international financial institutions and organizations

Near term (90d)

—

Long term

—

Risks & tensions

  • routine procedural determination with minimal policy discretion; no substantive tension evident in text
Presidential Determination: Determination Pursuant to Section 523 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, (Public Law 107-115) · Executive Orders