Presidential Determination No. 2003-18
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Assistance for Iraq
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 507 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003, Division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108-7), I hereby determine that the provision of assistance or other financing for Iraq is important to the national security interests of the United States. I hereby authorize the furnishing of this assistance or other financing.
You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
George W. Bush
George W. Bush, Memorandum on Assistance for Iraq Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212507