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Memorandum on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance 
to Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal 
Court

April 6, 2004

 Presidential Determination No. 2004-27

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance to 
Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal 
Court

    Consistent with the authority vested in me by section 2007 of the 
American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (the ``Act''), title II 
of Public Law 107-206 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), I hereby:
 <bullet>    Determine that the Central African Republic and Guinea have 
            each entered into an agreement with the United States 
            pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the 
            International Criminal Court from proceeding against U.S. 
            personnel present in such countries; and
 <bullet>    Waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) of the Act with 
            respect to these countries for as long as such agreement 
            remains in force.
    You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the 
Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush