[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 42 (Monday, October 27, 2008)]
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Presidential Determination With Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts 
Regarding Trafficking in Persons

October 17, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2009-5

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' 
Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons

    Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (Division A of Public Law 106-386), as amended, (the 
``Act''), I hereby:
 <bullet>    Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) 
            of the Act, with respect to Burma, the Democratic People's 
            Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Syria, not to provide certain 
            funding for those countries' governments for Fiscal Year 
            2009, until such government complies with the minimum 
            standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into 
            compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of State 
            in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 110(b) of 
            the Act;
 <bullet>    Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) 
            of the Act, with respect to Cuba and Iran not to provide 
            certain funding for those countries' governments for Fiscal 
            Year 2009, until such government complies with the minimum 
            standards or makes significant efforts to bring itself into 
            compliance, as may be determined by the Secretary of State 
            in a report to the Congress pursuant to section 110(b) of 
            the Act;
 <bullet>    Make the determination provided in section 110(d)(3) of the 
            Act, concerning the determination of the Secretary of State 
            with respect to Moldova and Oman;
 <bullet>    Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, 
            with respect to Algeria, Fiji, Kuwait, Papua New Guinea, 
            Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, that provision to these 
            countries' governments of all programs, projects, or 
            activities of assistance described in sections 
            110(d)(1)(A)(i) and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act would promote 
            the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national 
            interest of the United States;
 <bullet>    Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, 
            with respect to the DPRK, that a partial waiver to allow 
            funding for programs described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of 
            the Act that support the goals of the Six-Party talks would 
            promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the 
            national interest of the United States; and
 <bullet>    Determine, consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, 
            with respect to Iran, that a partial waiver to allow funding 
            for educational and cultural exchange programs described in 
            section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the 
            purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest 
            of the United States.
    You are hereby authorized and directed to submit this determination 
and the certification required by section 110(e) of the Act to the 
Congress and to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 27, 
2008]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on October 20, and it will be published in the Federal Register on 
October 28.