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Memorandum on Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act

May 31, 2017

Presidential Determination No. 2017-07

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Suspension of Limitations under the Jerusalem Embassy Act

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 7(a) of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) (the "Act"), I hereby determine that it is necessary, in order to protect the national security interests of the United States, to suspend for a period of 6 months the limitations set forth in sections 3(b) and 7(b) of the Act.

You are authorized and directed to transmit this determination, accompanied by a report in accordance with section 7(a) of the Act, to the Congress and to publish this determination in the Federal Register.

The suspension set forth in this determination shall take effect after you transmit this determination and the required accompanying report to the Congress.


DONALD J. TRUMP

NOTE: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on June 1. An original was not available for the verification of this memorandum.

Donald J. Trump (1st Term), Memorandum on Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/328724

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