Memorandum
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Assistance for Voluntary Population Planning
August 29, 2003
On March 28, 2001, I issued a memorandum for the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directing
that certain conditions be placed on assistance for family planning
activities provided to foreign nongovernmental organizations by USAID.
Because family planning grants are awarded by the Department of State
outside of USAID as well as through USAID, you are hereby directed to
extend the requirements of the March 28, 2001, memorandum to all
assistance for voluntary population planning furnished to foreign
nongovernmental organizations and appro-priated pursuant to the Foreign
Assistance Act, whether such assistance is furnished by USAID or any
other bureau, office, or component of the Department of State.
As set forth in the March 28, 2001, memorandum, this policy applies
to certain assistance provided to foreign nongovernmental organizations.
Such organizations do not include multilateral organizations that are
associations of governments. This policy shall not apply to foreign
assistance furnished pursuant to the United States Leadership Against
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25).
The foregoing directive is issued consistent with the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of
America, including sections 104 and 104A of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, as amended.
You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the
Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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