30 September 1998
(President authorizes transfer of funds to support court) (290) Washington -- President Clinton has authorized the transfer of funds to provide support for the establishment and functioning of the court proposed to be established in The Netherlands for the trial of suspects in the Pan Am 103 bombing case. Following is the text of the September 30 Presidential Determination: (Begin text) THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary September 30, 1998 Presidential Determination No. 98-40 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Transfer of Funds to Support Court to Try Accused Perpetrators of Pan Am 103 Bombing Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the laws of the United States, including section 610(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the "Act"), I hereby determine that, to provide support for the establishment and functioning of the court proposed to be established in The Netherlands for the trial of suspects in the Pan Am 103 bombing case, it is necessary for the purposes of the Act that $3 million of funds made available for section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for fiscal year 1998 for the costs of direct loans, and $4,945,800 of funds made available for section 551 of the Act for fiscal year 1998, be transferred to, and consolidated with, funds made available for Chapter 4 of Part II of the Act, and such funds are hereby so transferred and consolidated. You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register. WILLIAM J. CLINTON (End text)