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[CITE: 22USC6447]

 
               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


(a) In general

    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, 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 notification

    Not later than the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection 
(a) of this section, 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, Sec. 407, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2808.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6448 of this title.
