Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2007-19 of May 10, 2007 Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Other Parts of Africa, and the West Bank and Gaza Memorandum for the Secretary of State By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 2 and 4(a)(1) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (the "Act"), as amended (22 U.S.C. 260\177 and 2603) and section 30\177 of title 3, United States Code: (\177) I hereby determine, pursuant to section 2(c)(\177) of the Act, that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the Act, in an amount not to exceed $29.5 million from the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund, for the purpose of meeting un- expected and urgent refugee and migration needs, including by contribu- tions to international, governmental, and non-governmental organizations and payment of administrative expenses of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration of the Department of State, related to: (a) hu- manitarian needs resulting from conflicts in Somalie, Sudan, and Chad, (b) breaks in the food pipeline for refugees in Africa, and in the West Bank and Gaza; and (2) the functions of the President in relation to this memorandum under section 2(d) of the Act, and of establishing terms and conditions under section 2(c)(1) of the Act, are assigned to you, and you may further as- sign such functions to any of your subordinates. You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Fed- eral Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, May 10, 2007. Notice of May 17, 2007 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047, certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Fi- nancing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104- 20a), that the Government of Burma has committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States persons contained in that section. The President also declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed to the national security and for- eign policy of the United States by the actions and policies of the Govern- ment of Burma, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emer- gency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. \17770\177 et seq. On July 28, 2003, I 333
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