[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 19 (Monday, May 12, 2003)]
[Pages 559-560]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Suspending the Iraq Sanctions Act, Making Inapplicable 
Certain Statutory Provisions Related to Iraq, and Delegating 
Authorities, Under the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2003

May 7, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-23

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce

Subject: Suspending the Iraq Sanctions Act, Making Inapplicable Certain 
Statutory Provisions Related to Iraq, and Delegating Authorities, under 
the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States, including sections 1503 and 1504 of the 
Emergency Wartime Supplemental Act, 2003, Public Law 108-11 (the 
``Act''), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby:
    (1) suspend the application of all of the provisions, other than 
section 586E, of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990, Public Law 101-513, and
    (2) make inapplicable with respect to Iraq section 620A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Public Law 87-195, as amended (the 
``FAA''), and any other provision of law that applies to countries that 
have supported terrorism.
    In addition, I delegate the functions and authorities conferred upon 
the President by:
    (1) section 1503 of the Act to submit reports to the designated 
committees of the Congress to the Secretary of Commerce, or until such 
time as the principal licensing responsibility for the export to Iraq of 
items on the Commerce Control List has reverted to the Department of 
Commerce, to the Secretary of the Treasury; and,
    (2) section 1504 of the Act to the Secretary of State.
    The functions and authorities delegated herein may be further 
delegated and redelegated to the extent consistent with applicable law.

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    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this 
determination in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush