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Presidential Determination No. 2009–29 of September 14, 2009 

Presidential Determination With Respect To Foreign Governments’ Efforts Regarding Trafficking In Persons 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (Division A of Public Law 106–386), as amended, (the ‘‘Act’’), I hereby: 

Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, with 

respect to Burma, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK), 

and Zimbabwe, not to provide certain funding for those countries’ governments for fiscal year 2010, until such government complies with the minimum standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into compliance, 

as may be determined by the Secretary of State in a report to the Congress 

pursuant to section 110(b) of the Act; 

Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, with 

respect to Cuba, Eritrea, Fiji, Iran, and Syria, not to provide certain funding 

for those countries’ governments for fiscal year 2010, until such government 

complies with the minimum standards or makes significant efforts to bring 

itself into compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of State 

in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 110(b) of the Act; 

Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(3) of the Act, concerning 

the determination of the Secretary of State with respect to Swaziland; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Chad, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritania, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, 

and Sudan, that provision to these countries’ governments of all programs, 

projects, or activities of assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 

110(d)(1)(B) of the Act would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 

in the national interest of the United States; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Burma, that a partial waiver to allow funding for programs described in 

section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to combat infectious disease would promote 

the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the 

United States; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Eritrea, that a partial waiver to allow funding for participation by government 

officials and employees in educational and cultural exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the purposes 

of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Fiji, that a partial waiver to allow funding for participation by government 

officials and employees in educational and cultural exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the purposes 

of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Iran, that a partial waiver to allow funding for participation by government 

officials and employees in educational and cultural exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the purposes 

of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States; 

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Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Syria, that a partial waiver to allow funding for participation by government 

officials and employees in educational and cultural exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the purposes 

of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Zimbabwe, that a partial waiver to allow funding for programs described 

in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act for assistance for victims of trafficking 

in persons or to combat such trafficking, the promotion of health, good 

governance, education, agriculture, poverty reduction, livelihoods, or family 

planning, or which would have a significant adverse effect on vulnerable 

populations if suspended, would promote the purposes of the Act or is 

otherwise in the national interest of the United States; 

Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, that assistance to 

Eritrea, Fiji, and Zimbabwe, described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act: 

(1) is a regional program, project, or activity under which the total benefit 

to Eritrea, Fiji, or Zimbabwe does not exceed 10 percent of the total 

value of such program, project, or activity; or 

(2) has as its primary objective the addressing of basic human needs, 

as defined by the Department of the Treasury with respect to other, existing 

legislative mandates concerning U.S. participation in the multilateral development banks; or 

(3) is complementary to or has similar policy objectives to programs being 

implemented bilaterally by the United States Government; or 

(4) has as its primary objective the improvement of the country’s legal 

system, including in areas that impact the country’s ability to investigate 

and prosecute trafficking cases or otherwise improve implementation of 

a country’s anti-trafficking policy, regulations, or legislation; or 

(5) is engaging a government, international organization, or civil society 

organization, and seeks as its primary objective(s) to: 

(a) increase efforts to investigate and prosecute trafficking in persons 

crimes; 

(b) increase protection for victims of trafficking through better screening, identification, rescue/removal, aftercare (shelter, counseling), training, and reintegration; or 

(c) expand prevention efforts through education and awareness campaigns highlighting the dangers of trafficking or training and economic 

empowerment of populations clearly at risk of falling victim to trafficking would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 

national interest of the United States. 

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The certification required by section 110(e) of the Act is provided herewith. 

You are hereby authorized and directed to submit this determination to 

the Congress, and to publish it in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 14, 2009. 

[FR Doc. E9–23092 

Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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