Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 70, No. 189 

Friday, September 30, 2005 

Title 3— 

The President 

Presidential Determination No. 2005–37 of September 21, 2005 

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 Cambodia and Venezuela, not to provide certain funding for those countries’ governments for fiscal year 2006, 

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 Burma, Cuba, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), not to provide certain funding for those 

countries’ governments for fiscal year 2006, 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 determinations of the Secretary of State with respect to Bolivia, Jamaica, Qatar, Sudan, Togo, and the United Arab 

Emirates; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to Cambodia, for all programs, projects, or activities of assistance for victims of trafficking in persons or to combat such trafficking, for promoting good governance, or which would have a 

significant adverse effect on vulnerable populations if suspended, 

that provision to Cambodia of the assistance described in sections 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act for such programs, 

projects, or activities would promote the purpose 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 Ecuador, that provision to Ecuador 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 section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to 

Kuwait that provision to Kuwait of all programs, projects, or activities of assistance described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 

110(d)(1)(B) of the Act is in the national interest of the United 

States; 

• Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with respect to Saudi Arabia, that provision to Saudi Arabia of all programs, projects, or activities of assistance described in sections 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act is 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 Venezuela, for all programs, projects, or activities of assistance for victims of trafficking in persons or to combat such trafficking, or for strengthening the democratic process, including 

strengthening political parties and supporting electoral observation 

and monitoring and related programs, or for public diplomacy, that 

provision to Venezuela of the assistance described in sections 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act for such programs, 

projects, or activities 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 Cambodia or Venezuela described in section 110(d)(1)(B) 

of the Act that 

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

total benefit to either Cambodia or Venezuela does not exceed 10 percent of the total value of such program, project, 

or activity; or 

(2) has a its primary objective the addressing of basic human 

needs, as defined by the Department of the Treasury with 

respect to other, existing legislative mandate 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 that 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 purpose of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States. 

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 

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Federal Register. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 21, 2005. 

[FR Doc. 05–19786 

Filed 9–29–05; 8:51 am] 

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