Memorandum on a Military Drawdown for Jordan

Presidential Determination No. 98-19

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense

Subject: Military Drawdown for Jordan

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the laws and Constitution of the United States, including Title III (Military Assistance) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-118) ("Title III"), I hereby direct the drawdown of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training of an aggregate value of $25,000,000 under the authority of the fifth proviso under the heading "Foreign Military Financing Program" in Title III for Jordan for the purposes of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

William J. Clinton