Presidential Documents

34973 

Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 121 

Monday, June 25, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

Presidential Determination No. 2007–20 of June 1, 2007 

Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including section 550(b) of the Foreign 

Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

2006 (FOAA)(Public Law 109–102), as amended by the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109–234), sections 620K(e) and 620L(b)(4) 

of the Foreign Assistance Act, as added by the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism 

Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–446), and section 301 of title 3, United States 

Code, I hereby certify and report that: 

With respect to the provision of assistance for the administrative and personal 

security costs of the Office of the President of the Palestinian Authority; 

for the activities of the President of the Palestinian Authority to promote 

democracy, peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the 

rule of law and to fulfill his duties as President, including, among other 

things, to maintain control of the management and security of border crossings and to foster the Middle East peace process; and, with respect to 

independent agencies: 

• it is in the national security interest of the United States to provide 

such assistance; 

• as the case may be, the President of the Palestinian Authority, the 

President’s party, and independent agencies and any members thereof, 

including any individual or entity for which assistance is proposed to 

be provided, are not members of, appointed by, or effectively controlled 

by Hamas or any other foreign terrorist organization; and 

• such assistance provided hereunder will not be transferred or retransferred to any member of Hamas or other foreign terrorist organization 

or to any entity effectively controlled by Hamas or other foreign terrorist 

organization. 

Accordingly, I hereby waive section 550(a) of the FOAA, as amended, and 

section 620K(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, with respect 

to such assistance, and authorize such assistance for the above purposes. 

Furthermore, I hereby determine that, with respect to assistance to nongovernmental organizations for the West Bank and Gaza other than assistance 

covered by paragraphs (b)(1), (2), and (3) of section 620L of the Foreign 

Assistance Act, as amended, it is in the national security interest of the 

United States to provide such assistance as the Secretary of State deems 

appropriate, and assign to the Secretary of State the functions under section 

620L(b)(4)(B) regarding the specific programs, projects, and activities to be 

carried out using such assistance. 


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I also hereby assign the functions of the President under section 550(b) 

and (c) of the FOAA, as amended and as carried forward under the Revised 

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Public Law 110–5), to the Secretary of State. 

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination to 

the Congress and publish it in the Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, June 1, 2007. 

[FR Doc. 07–3137 

Filed 6–22–07; 9:57 am] 

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