Memorandum on Funding for the African Crisis Response Initiative

Presidential Determination No. 97-34

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Transfer of $4 million in FY 1997 Economic Support Funds to the Peacekeeping Operations Account to Support the African Crisis Response Initiative

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 610(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is necessary for the purposes of the Act that $4 million of funds made available under Chapter 4 of Part II of the Act for fiscal year 1997 be transferred to, and consolidated with, funds made available under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act.

I hereby authorize the use in fiscal year 1997 of the aforesaid $4 million in funds made available under Chapter 4 of Part II of the Act to provide peacekeeping assistance to support countries participating in the African Crisis Response Initiative.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination immediately to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.

William J. Clinton