Memorandum on Assistance for Iraq,
March 24, 2003

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