Waiver on Terror Regulations for PLO
(June 30, 2006)
Memorandum for the Secretary
of State
Presidential Determination
No. 2006-17
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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