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Presidential Determination

Waiver of Limitation on Obligation and Expenditure of $642.5 Million in Fiscal Year 2007 Economic Support Funds for Iraq

President Bush waived statutory requirements limiting the obligation and expenditure of $642.5 million in Fiscal Year 2007 Economic Support Funds for Iraq, directing 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 39725

Impact dates

  1. Certification to Congress per section 1314(c)(2)

Key directives

  • Waive section 1314(c)(1) requirements for $642.5 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 publish in Federal Register

Near term (90d)

  • Certification to Congress required per section 1314(c)(2)

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Waiver removes congressional oversight conditions on Iraq aid; tension between executive flexibility and legislative accountability
  • Specific certification requirements under section 1314(c)(2) not detailed in text—uncertainty about substantive conditions being waived
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