Case-by-Case Waiver Authority

Statutory Text

(a) Case-by-Case Waiver Authority.—

(1) In general.—The President may waive, on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, a requirement under section 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 to impose or maintain sanctions with respect to a person, and may waive the continued imposition of such sanctions, not less than 30 days after the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it is vital to the national security interests of the United States to waive such sanctions.

(2) Renewal of waivers.—The President may, on a case-by-case basis, renew a waiver under paragraph (1) for an additional period of not more than 180 days if, not later than 15 days before that waiver expires, the President makes the determination and submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report described in paragraph (1).

(3) Successive renewal.—The renewal authority provided under paragraph (2) may be exercised for additional successive periods of not more than 180 days if the President follows the procedures set forth in paragraph (2), and submits the report described in paragraph (1), for each such renewal.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 115-44 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

1. Enacted Aug. 2, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-44).
2. Deadline runs from an event, not a calendar date: 30 days after the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that it is vital to the national security interests of the.
3. No date can be set until the triggering event is publicly documented.

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