[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 12 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Determination To Waive Military Coup-Related Provision of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2008, With Respect to Pakistan

March 24, 2008

 Presidential Determination No. 2008-16


Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Determination to Waive Military Coup-Related Provision of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2008, with Respect to Pakistan

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws 
of the United States, including section 1(b) of Public Law 107-57, as 
amended, I hereby determine and certify, with respect to Pakistan, that 
a waiver of section 608 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 110-161; the ``Act''):
(a)          would facilitate the transition to democratic rule in 
            Pakistan; and
(b)          is important to U.S. efforts to respond to, deter, or 
            prevent acts of international terrorism.
    Accordingly, I hereby waive, with respect to Pakistan, section 608 
of such Act.
    You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination to 
the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:44 a.m., April 1, 
2008]

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on March 25, and it will be published in the Federal Register on April 
2.