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Other Presidential Documents Department of Defense for the Philippines for the purposes and under the authorities of chapter g of part II of the Act. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to report this determina- tion to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Reg- ister. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, July 12, 2005. Presidential Determination No. 2005-29 of July 14, 2005 Waiver of Restrictions on Providing Funds to the Palestinian Authority Memorandum for the Secreta\177y of State Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, including section 550(b) of the Foreign Oper- ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Div. D, Public Law 108-447)(the "Act"), I hereby certify that it is impor- tant to the national security interests of the United States to waive the pro- visions of section 550(a) of the Act, in order to provide funds appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to the Ministry of Finance of the Palestinian Authority in direct assistance for use on new projects in Gaza. You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Con- gress, accompanied by a report in accordance with section 550(d) of the Act, and to publish the determination in the Federal Register. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, July 14, 2005. Presidential Determination No. 2005-30 of July 15, 2005 Drawdown of Commodities and Services from the Department of Defense to Support African Union Peacekeeping in Darfur, Sudan Memorandum for the Secreta\177y of State [and/the Secreta\177y of Defense Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 552(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 196% as amended, I hereby determine that: (\177) as a result of an unforeseen emergency, the provision of assistance under Chapter 6 of Part II of the Act in amounts in excess of funds otherwise available for such assistance is important to the national interests of the United States; and 257