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Presidential Determination

Drawdown of Commodities and Services To Assist the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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In simple terms

President Clinton authorized a drawdown of up to $6 million in U.S. government commodities and services from State, Justice, Defense, FBI, CIA, and other agencies to support the UN War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, bypassing normal ceiling limits under emergency foreign assistance authorities.

Federal Register 59 FR 27431
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Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 59 FR 27431

    Federal Register

  3. Congress notification and Federal Register publication

  4. Agency-State decisions on drawdown amounts

Key directives

  • Direct provision of commodities/services to UN War Crimes Tribunal
  • Drawdown not to exceed $6 million from agency inventories
  • Bypass ceiling limitation in section 548(e)(2)
  • Agency-State coordination on specific amounts
  • Notify Congress and publish in Federal Register

Who is ordered

What to expect

Immediate

  • Notification to Congress
  • Federal Register publication
  • Agency-State coordination on drawdown amounts

Near term (90d)

  • Commodities and services transfer to tribunal

Long term

  • Support for war crimes prosecutions in former Yugoslavia

Risks & tensions

  • Bypass of statutory ceiling raises separation-of-power concerns
  • Multi-agency coordination (State, Justice, Defense, FBI, CIA) may create bureaucratic friction
  • CIA involvement in tribunal support unprecedented and potentially sensitive
  • Vague 'other agencies' language expands scope beyond enumerated departments
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