[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 39 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Page 2069]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Determination and Waiver of Application of Section 
908(a)(1) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 
2000 With Respect to Libya

September 20, 2004

 Presidential Determination No. 2004-49

Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Commerce

Subject: Determination and Waiver of Application of Section 908(a)(1) of 
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 with 
Respect to Libya

    By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 908(a)(3) of the Trade Sanctions 
Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, title IX, Public Law 106-387 
(TSRA), I hereby determine that waiver of the application of section 
908(a)(1) of TSRA with respect to Libya is in the national security 
interest of the United States and hereby waive the application of that 
section with respect to Libya.
    The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to report 
this determination and waiver to the Congress and to arrange for its 
publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 28, 
2004]

Note: This memorandum will be published in the Federal Register on 
September 29.