Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-111

§10815 Waiver

Title 22 › CHAPTER 115 — SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION › § 10815

Last updated Sep 25, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President may choose to stop applying any sanction, restriction, or duty under this chapter to a foreign person or other person. Before doing that, the President must give Congress a written certification that the waiver is in the national interest of the United States and a report that explains why. If the President issues several waivers of the same section of this chapter, the certifications and explanations can be combined into one report. Each report must be unclassified but can include a classified annex. The President does not have to send the report described above for a change in a duty rate under section 10813(b), but must still provide any written determination required by 10813(b) and any report required by 10813(g)(1).

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §10815

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(a)In general

The President may, subject to subsection (b), waive the application of any sanctions provision with respect to a foreign person, any restriction with respect to a person, or any duty under this chapter.

(b)Reports required

(1)In general

Before issuing a waiver under subsection (a), the President shall submit to Congress—

(A)a certification in writing that the issuance of the waiver is in the national interests of the United States; and

(B)a report explaining the basis for the certification.

(2)Consolidation of reports

If the President is issuing more than one waiver of a section of this chapter, the President may include, in one report submitted under paragraph (1), the certifications and explanations required by that paragraph with respect to each such waiver, as long as all of such certifications and explanations relate to a waiver of the same section of this chapter.

(3)Form of report

Each report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.

(4)Applicability to modifications of certain duty rates

The President is not required to submit a report under paragraph (1) for a modification or adjustment of a rate of duty pursuant to section 10813(b) of this title. This paragraph does not modify or negate the requirement to submit a written determination required by section 10813(b) of this title or a report required by section 10813(g)(1) of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 10815

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 25, 2026

Release point: 119-111