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22 U.S.C. § 6447

Presidential waiver

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 6447, Presidential waiver, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458150
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Subject to subsection (c), the President may waive, for a single, 180-day period, 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— Subject to subsection (c), the President may waive, for any additional specified period of time after the 180-day period described in subsection (a), the application of any of the actions described in paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 6445(a) of this title (or a commensurate substitute action) with respect to a country, if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that— Not later than the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a) or (b), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the waiver or the intention to exercise the waiver, together with a detailed justification thereof. It is the sense of Congress that—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 105-292(H.R. 2431)1998-10-27
    International Religious Freedom Act of 1998
    House: 375–41Senate: 98–0
  • Amended byPub. L. 114-281(H.R. 1150)2016-12-16
    Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally