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    Memorandum on Implementation of Sections 603 and 604 of the Foreign
    Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)

    February 13, 2008

     Presidential Determination No. 2008-12

    Memorandum for the Secretary of State

    Subject: Implementation of Sections 603 and 604 of the Foreign Relations
    Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228)

        Consistent with the authority contained in section 604 of the
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
    228)(the ``Act''), and with reference to the determinations set out in
    the report to be transmitted to the Congress pursuant to section 603 of
    that Act regarding noncompliance by the Palestine Liberation
    Organization and the Palestinian Authority with certain commitments, I
    hereby impose the sanction set out in section 604(a)(2), ``Downgrade in
    Status of the PLO Office in the United States.'' This sanction is
    imposed for a period of 180 days from the date hereof or until such time
    as the next report required by section 603 of the Act is transmitted to
    the Congress, whichever is later. You are authorized and directed to
    transmit to the appropriate congressional committees the report
    described in section 603 of the Act.
        Furthermore, I hereby determine that it is in the national security
    interest of the United States to waive that sanction, pursuant to
    section 604(c) of the Act. This waiver shall be effective for a period
    of 180 days from the date hereof or until such time as the next report
    required by section 603 of the Act is transmitted to the Congress,
    whichever is later.
        You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this
    determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.
                                                    George W. Bush