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Presidential Determination

Waiver of Limitation on Obligation and Expenditure of $1,051.6 Million in Fiscal Year 2007 Economic Support Funds for Iraq

President Bush waived statutory requirements under Public Law 110-28 to allow $1.0516 billion in Fiscal Year 2007 Economic Support Funds for Iraq to be obligated and expended. The determination directs the Secretary of State to submit the determination and required certification to Congress, and to publish it in the Federal Register.

Federal Register Open PDF 72 FR 56875

Impact dates

  1. Federal Register publication (filed 2007-10-03 per document header)

Key directives

  • Waive section 1314(c)(1) requirements for $1,051.6 million in FY2007 Economic Support Funds for Iraq
  • Submit determination and certification to Congress per section 1314(c)(2)
  • Publish determination in the Federal Register

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Waiver takes effect upon signing
  • Secretary of State directed to submit determination and certification to Congress
  • Federal Register publication authorized

Near term (90d)

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Long term

—

Risks & tensions

  • Waiver bypasses normal congressional oversight conditions on Iraq aid, potentially raising separation-of-powers concerns
  • Document does not specify what certification requirements are being substituted for the waived ones
Presidential Determination: Waiver of Limitation on Obligation and Expenditure of $1,051.6 Million in Fiscal Year 2007 Economic Support Funds for Iraq · Executive Orders