Memorandum on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance With Respect to the Dominican Republic
Presidential Determination No. 2005-26
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance with Respect to the Dominican Republic
Consistent with the authority vested in me by section 2007 of the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002 (the "Act"), title II of Public Law 107-206 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), I hereby:
• Determine that the Dominican Republic has entered into an agreement with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding against U.S. personnel present in such country; and
• Waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) of the Act with respect to this country for as long as such agreement remains in force.
You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the Congress and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
George W. Bush
Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on July 6, and it will be published in the Federal Register on July 12.
George W. Bush, Memorandum on Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance With Respect to the Dominican Republic Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/213768