Waiver on Terror Regulations for PLO
(July 6, 2005)
Memorandum for the
Secretary of State
Presidential Determination
No. 2005-27
SUBJECT: Implementation of Sections 603
and 604 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107 228)
Consistent with the authority contained
in section 604 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107 228)
(the "Act"), and with reference
to the determinations set out in the report
to Congress transmitted on the date hereof,
pursuant to section 603 of that Act, regarding
noncompliance by the PLO and the Palestinian
Authority with certain commitments, I hereby
impose the sanction set out in section 604(a)(2), "Downgrade
in Status of the PLO Office in the United
States." This sanction is imposed for
a period of 180 days from the date hereof
or until such time as the next report required
by section 603 of the Act is transmitted
to the Congress, whichever is later. You
are authorized and directed to transmit to
the appropriate congressional committees
the report described in section 603 of the
Act.
Furthermore, I hereby determine that it
is in the national security interest of the
United States to waive that sanction, pursuant
to section 604(c) of the Act. This waiver
shall be effective for a period of 180 days
from the date hereof or until such time as
the next report required by section 603 of
the Act is transmitted to the Congress, whichever
is later.
You are hereby authorized and directed to
transmit this determination to the Congress
and to publish it in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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