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Part VII
The President
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 Executive Order 12966--Foreign Disaster Assistance
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                Executive Order 12966 of July 14, 1995
Foreign Disaster Assistance
                By the authority vested in me as President by the
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including the National Defense Authorization
                Act for Fiscal Year 1995, Public Law 103-337 (the
                ``Act'') and section 301 of title 3, United States
                Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
                Section 1. This order governs the implementation of
                section 404 of title 10, United States Code, as added
                by amendment set forth in section 1412(a) of the Act.
                Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 404(a), the Secretary of Defense
                is hereby directed to provide disaster assistance
                outside the United States to respond to manmade or
                natural disasters when the Secretary of Defense
                determines that such assistance is necessary to prevent
                loss of lives. The Secretary of Defense shall exercise
                the notification functions required of the President by
                10 U.S.C. 404(c).
                Sec. 2. The Secretary of Defense shall provide disaster
                assistance only: (a) at the direction of the President;
                or
                    (b) with the concurrence of the Secretary of State;
                or
                    (c) in emergency situations in order to save human
                lives, where there is not sufficient time to seek the
                prior initial concurrence of the Secretary of State, in
                which case the Secretary of Defense shall advise, and
                seek the concurrence of, the Secretary of State as soon
                as practicable thereafter.
                For the purpose of section 2(b) of this order, only the
                Secretary of State, or the Deputy Secretary of State,
                or persons acting in those capacities, shall have the
                authority to withhold concurrence. Concurrence of the
                Secretary of State is not required for the execution of
                military operations undertaken pursuant to, and
                consistent with, assistance provided in accordance with
                parts (b) and (c) of this section, or with respect to
                matters relating to the internal financial processes of
                the Department of Defense.
                Sec. 3. In providing assistance covered by this order,
                the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the
                Administrator of the Agency for International
                Development, in the Administrator's capacity as the
                President's Special Coordinator for International
                Disaster Assistance.
                Sec. 4. This order does not affect any activity or
                program authorized under any other provision of law,
                except that referred to in section 1 of this order.
                Sec. 5. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., e.d.t.
                on July 15, 1995.
                    (Presidential Sig.)
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    July 14, 1995.
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