Waiver

Statutory Text

(f) Waiver.—The President may waive, on a case-by-case basis and for a period of not more than 180 days, the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign person only if, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the waiver is to take effect, the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a written determination and justification that the waiver is in the vital national security interests of the United States.

Verbatim from the enrolled law as published by GovInfo; margin notes and page markers omitted. Pub. L. 118-50 on GovInfo · PDF · text fetched Oct. 17, 2026

How the Date Is Worked Out

1. Enacted Apr. 24, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-50).
2. Deadline runs from an event, not a calendar date: 15 days prior to the date on which the waiver is to take effect.
3. No date can be set until the triggering event is publicly documented.

Delivery Status

Not publicly verifiable

Public Evidence

• No public document located that shows delivery.

Evidence Searched

• GovInfo Congressionally Mandated Reports collection: 1,209 packages listed; titles searched for Middle East terms; 55 State, Defense, Treasury and executive-office summaries checked for citations to Pub. L. 118-50 (0 found) (Oct. 17, 2026)
• Federal Register API: phrase “Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability Act”: 1 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
• Federal Register API: phrase “Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act”: 1 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
• Federal Register API: phrase “Hamas International Financing Prevention Act”: 0 document titles searched (Oct. 17, 2026)
• MEF hand review: evidence.json, items with a link and a note on what the document shows (Oct. 17, 2026)

A status of “Reported late by GAO, committee or agency” appears only with a linked GAO, committee or agency statement. Reports sent only to committees, or in classified form, leave no public trace; their absence here is not evidence of a missed deadline.

Review

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