[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 7 (Monday, February 21, 2005)]
[Pages 237-238]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Determination To Waive Military Coup-Related Provisions of 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2005, With Respect to Pakistan

February 15, 2005

 Presidential Determination No. 2005-21

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination to Waive Military Coup-Related Provisions of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2005, with Respect to Pakistan

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including Public Law 107-57, as amended, I hereby 
determine and certify, with respect to Pakistan, that a waiver of any 
provision of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Division D, Public Law 108-447), that 
prohibits direct assistance to the

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government of any country whose duly elected head of government was 
deposed by decree or military coup:
 <bullet>    would facilitate the transition to democratic rule in 
            Pakistan; and
 <bullet>    is important to United States efforts to respond to, deter, 
            or prevent acts of international terrorism.
    Accordingly, I hereby waive, with respect to Pakistan, any such 
provision.
    You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination to 
the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this memorandum.