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Presidential Memorandum on the Delegation of Authorities under Section 1294 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

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SUBJECT: Delegation of Authorities under Section 1294 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury,

the Secretary of Defense, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 1294 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232).

The delegation in this memorandum shall apply to any provision of any future public law that is the same or substantially the same as the provision referenced in this memorandum.

The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

DONALD J. TRUMP

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MODIFIED WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS UNDER SECTION 231 OF THE COUNTERING AMERICA’S ADVERSARIES THROUGH SANCTIONS ACT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C.
9525) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsection
(e) and (f), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (c), as amended, the fol- lowing new subsection:
‘‘(d) MODIFIED WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN SANCTIONABLE TRANSACTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may use the authority under section 236(b) to waive the application of sanctions with respect to a person under this section without regard to section 216 if, not later than 30 days prior to the waiver taking effect,

the President certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives that—

‘‘(A) the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States;
‘‘(B) the significant transaction described in subsection
(a) that the person engaged in with respect to which the waiver is being exercised—
‘‘(i) is not a significant transaction with—

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