[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 37 (Monday, September 19, 2005)]
[Page 1380]
[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 Benin

September 9, 2005

Presidential Determination No. 2005-34

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with 
Respect to Benin

    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 Benin 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 country; 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

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 
16, 2005]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on September 
19. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.