Federal Register: September 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 183)
DOCID: fr23se09-138 FR Doc E9-23092
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DOCID: fr23se09-138
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 14, 2009.
[FR Doc. E9-23092
Filed 9-22-09; 8:45 am]
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