Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 82, No. 207 

Friday, October 27, 2017 

Title 3— 

The President 

Presidential Determination No. 2017–15 of September 30, 2017 

Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State 

Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) (the ‘‘Act’’), as amended, I hereby determine as follows: 

Section 1. As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, I determine 

that the United States will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related 

assistance to the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

(DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Iran, South Sudan, Sudan, and Venezuela during 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, except that such assistance may be provided to 

such a government if, in a report to the Congress under section 110(b) 

of the Act, the Secretary of State determines that the government complies 

with the Act’s minimum standards or has made significant efforts to bring 

itself into compliance with the Act. 

Sec. 2. As provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act, I determine that 

the United States will not provide nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to, or allow funding for participation in educational and cultural exchange programs by officials or employees of, the governments of Eritrea, 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Russia, and Syria for FY 2018, 

except that such assistance may be provided to, or such funding may be 

allowed for officials of, such a government if, in a report to the Congress 

under section 110(b) of the Act, the Secretary of State determines that 

the government complies with the Act’s minimum standards or has made 

significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the Act. 

Sec. 3.. As provided in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, I hereby instruct 

the United States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank, 

as defined in the Act, and of the International Monetary Fund to vote 

against and use best efforts to deny all loans to, and all other uses of 

those institutions’ funds that benefit, the governments of Iran, the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea, and Russia for FY 2018. Notwithstanding the 

foregoing, the Executive Directors may vote to allow loans to be made, 

and the institutions’ funds to be used for, humanitarian assistance; traderelated assistance; and development assistance that directly addresses basic 

human needs, is not administered by the government of such country, and 

confers no benefit to such a government. They may also vote to allow 

loans to be made to, and the institutions’ funds to be used to benefit, 

any such government that complies with the minimum standards of the 

Act or makes significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the 

Act. 

Sec. 4. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a 

partial waiver of the Act with respect to the DRC and South Sudan to 

allow assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act—with exception for Foreign Military Financing (FMF), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), 

International Military Education and Training (IMET), and Excess Defense 

Articles (EDA)—would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise 

in the national interest of the United States. 

Sec. 5. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a 

partial waiver of the Act with respect to Equatorial Guinea to allow assistance 

described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act for programs to promote 


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sustainable natural resource management and biodiversity and programs 

to advance energy access, support regional training to combat infectious 

diseases, and participation in the Young African Leaders Initiative would 

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

of the United States. 

Sec. 6. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a 

partial waiver of the Act with respect to Sudan to allow assistance described 

in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act—with exception for FMF, FMS, IMET, 

and EDA—would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 

national interest of the United States. 

Sec. 7. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a 

partial waiver of the Act with respect to Venezuela to allow assistance 

described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act for health programs, programs 

designed to strengthen the democratic process in Venezuela, and for government officials and employees to participate in foreign assistance-funded 

programs related to democracy and the rule of law would promote the 

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

States. 

Sec. 8. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that a 

partial waiver of the Act with respect to Eritrea, Russia, and Syria to allow 

assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act for educational 

and cultural exchange programs would promote the purposes of the Act 

or is otherwise in the national interest of the United States. 

Sec. 9. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that the 

provision of all programs, projects, and activities described in section 

110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to the governments of Belarus, Belize, Burundi, 

the Central African Republic, China, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Guinea, 

Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of 

the United States. 

Sec. 10. Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I determine that providing the assistance described in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to Belarus, 

Belize, Burundi, the Central African Republic, China, Comoros, DRC, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, 

Mauritania, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 

interest of the United States. 


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Sec. 11. You are authorized and directed to submit this determination, 

the certification required by section 110(e) of the Act, and the Department 

of State’s Memorandum of Justification, on which I have relied, to the 

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

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 30, 2017 

[FR Doc. 2017–23609 

Filed 10–26–17; 11:15 am] 

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