Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
| Published date | 20 December 2018 |
| Citation | 83 FR 65281 |
| Record Number | 2018-27696 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 244 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 244 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Presidential Determination No. 2019-05 of November 29,
2018
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:
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 Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Burma,
Burundi, China, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo
(ROC), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Laos, Mauritania, Papua
New Guinea (PNG), South Sudan, Turkmenistan, and
Venezuela for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 until such
governments comply with the minimum standards or make
significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance
with the Act.
As provided for 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, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russia, and Syria for FY 2019
until such governments comply with the Act's minimum
standards or make significant efforts to bring
themselves into compliance with the Act.
As provided for 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 any loan or other
utilization of the funds of the respective institution
(other than for humanitarian assistance; for trade-
related assistance; or for development assistance that
directly addresses basic human needs, is not
administered by the government of such country, and
confers no benefit to that government) for the
Governments of Bolivia, Burma, Burundi, China, Comoros,
ROC, DRC, DPRK, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Laos,
Mauritania, Russia, South Sudan, Syria, and Venezuela
for FY 2019 until such governments comply with the
minimum standards or make significant efforts to bring
themselves into compliance with the Act.
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that a partial waiver to allow International
Military Education and Training (IMET), Foreign
Military Financing (FMF), and Foreign Military Sales
(FMS) related to FMF with respect to Belize would
promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the
national interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that a partial waiver to allow assistance
described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act with
respect to PNG--with the exception of Peacekeeping
Operations (PKO), FMS not related to FMF, and Excess
Defense Articles (EDA)--would promote the purposes of
the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the
United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that a partial waiver with respect to Eritrea
to allow funding for educational and cultural
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exchange programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii)
of the Act, and a partial waiver to allow assistance
described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act with
respect to Eritrea--with the exception of FMF, FMS,
IMET, EDA, and PKO--would promote the purposes of the
Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the
United States;
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 and Turkmenistan
would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise
in the national interest of the United States; and
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that providing assistance described in
section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to Belarus, Belize,
Eritrea, PNG, and Turkmenistan would promote the
purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national
interest of the United States.
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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, November 29, 2018
[FR Doc. 2018-27696
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