Presidential Document2025-23569
Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons
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December 19, 2025
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November 21, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 59713-59715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23569]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 242 / Friday, December 19, 2025 /
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Presidential Determination No. 2026-02 of November 21,
2025
Presidential Determination With Respect to the
Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in
Persons
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Consistent with section 110 of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) (the ``Act''),
as amended, I hereby determine as follows:
As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act,
that the United States will not provide
nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to the
Governments of Afghanistan, Chad, Iran, South Sudan,
and Venezuela for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 until such
governments comply with the Act's minimum standards or
make significant efforts to bring themselves into
compliance with the minimum standards;
As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act,
that the United States will not provide
nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related assistance to, or
allow funding for participation in educational and
cultural exchange programs by officials or employees
of, the Governments of Belarus, Burma, the People's
Republic of China (PRC), Cuba, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK), Eritrea, Macau (Special
Administrative Region of the PRC), Nicaragua, and
Russia for FY 2026 until such governments comply with
the Act's minimum standards or make significant efforts
to bring themselves into compliance with the minimum
standards;
As provided for in section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act, I
hereby instruct the United States Executive Director of
each multilateral development bank, as defined in the
Act, and of the International Monetary Fund to vote
against and use best efforts to deny any loan or other
utilization of the funds of the respective institution
(other than for humanitarian assistance; for trade-
related assistance; or for development assistance that
directly addresses basic human needs, is not
administered by the government of such country, and
confers no benefit to that government) for the
Governments of Belarus, Burma, the PRC, Cuba, the DPRK,
Eritrea, Iran, Macau (Special Administrative Region of
the PRC), Nicaragua, Russia, South Sudan, and Venezuela
for FY 2026 until such governments comply with the
Act's minimum standards or make significant efforts to
bring themselves into compliance with the minimum
standards;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that the provision of all nonhumanitarian,
nontrade-related foreign assistance programs, projects,
activities, and funding for educational and cultural
exchange programs described in sections 110(d)(1)(A)
and 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to Cambodia, Laos, Papua
New Guinea, Sudan, and Syria would promote the purposes
of the Act or is otherwise in the national interest of
the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that providing the assistance described in
section 110(d)(1)(B) of the Act to Afghanistan and Chad
would promote the purposes of the Act or is otherwise
in the national interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, I
determine that a partial waiver with respect to
Belarus, Eritrea, Macau (Special Administrative Region
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of the PRC), and Russia to allow funding for
educational and cultural exchange programs described in
section 110(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act would promote the
purposes of the Act or is otherwise in the national
interest of the United States;
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with
respect to South Sudan, I determine that a partial
waiver of the restriction described in section
110(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act to allow for Global Health
Programs assistance would promote the purposes of the
Act or is otherwise in the national interest of the
United States; and
Consistent with section 110(d)(4) of the Act, with
respect to Venezuela, I determine that a partial waiver
of the restriction described in section 110(d)(1)(A)(i)
of the Act to allow for all nonhumanitarian, nontrade-
related foreign assistance programs. projects, and
activities, other than Peacekeeping Operations, Foreign
Military Financing, International Military Education
and Training, Foreign Military Sales, and Excess
Defense Articles, would promote the purposes of the Act
or is otherwise in the national interest of the United
States.
In addition, with respect to the Government of Sint
Maarten, consistent with the United States Government's
firm stand against human trafficking, and until such
government takes steps consistent with compliance with
the minimum standards of the Act or makes significant
efforts to do so, I hereby: (i) direct that executive
departments and agencies shall not provide
nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign assistance,
as described in section 110(d)(1)(A) of the Act, to the
Government of Sint Maarten; (ii) instruct the United
States Executive Director of each multilateral
development bank, as defined in the Act, and of the
International Monetary Fund to vote against and use
best efforts to deny any loan or other utilization of
the funds of the respective institution (other than for
humanitarian assistance; for trade-related assistance;
or for development assistance that directly addresses
basic human needs, is not administered by such
government, and confers no benefit to that government)
to Sint Maarten, as described in section 110(d)(1)(B)
of the Act; and (iii) direct that funding for
participation by officials or employees of the
Government of Sint Maarten in educational and cultural
exchange programs shall continue to be permitted in FY
2026 consistent with the foreign policy and all
applicable laws of the United States.
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You are authorized and directed to submit this
determination, the certification required by section
110(e) of the Act, and the Memorandum of Justification,
on which I have relied, to the Congress, and to publish
this determination in the Federal Register.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, November 21, 2025
[FR Doc. 2025-23569
Filed 12-18-25; 11:15 am]
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