2015 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse (Sections 1 - 9141)
Chapter 73 - International Religious Freedom (Sections 6401 - 6481)
Subchapter III - Presidential Actions (Sections 6441 - 6461)
Part A - Targeted Responses to Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad (Sections 6441 - 6450)
Sec. 6447 - Presidential waiver
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 73 - INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SUBCHAPTER III - PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Part A - Targeted Responses to Violations of Religious Freedom Abroad Sec. 6447 - Presidential waiver |
Contains | section 6447 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 105-292, title IV, §407, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2808. |
Statutes at Large References | 112 Stat. 2808, 2787 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 105-292 |
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Subject to subsection (b), the President may waive the application of any of the actions described in paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 6445(a) of this title (or commensurate action in substitution thereto) with respect to a country, if the President determines and so reports to the appropriate congressional committees that—
(1) the respective foreign government has ceased the violations giving rise to the Presidential action;
(2) the exercise of such waiver authority would further the purposes of this chapter; or
(3) the important national interest of the United States requires the exercise of such waiver authority.
(b) Congressional notificationNot later than the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the waiver or the intention to exercise the waiver, together with a detailed justification thereof.
(Pub. L. 105–292, title IV, §407, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2808.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 105–292, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2787, known as the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6401 of this title and Tables.
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