[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 32 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance 
With Respect to the Republic of the Congo

August 6, 2004

 Presidential Determination No. 2004-41

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with 
Respect to the Republic of the Congo

    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 Republic of the Congo has 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 this country 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