Sec. 206. Presidential waiver
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Subject to subsection (b), the President may waive the application of any of the actions described in paragraphs
(10)through
(13)of section 205(a) (or commensurate action as provided in section 205(b)) with respect to a country, if the President determines and so reports to the appropriate congressional committees that— the government of such country has satisfactorily resolved any abduction case giving rise to the application of any of such actions and— if such country is a Convention country, such country has taken measures to ensure future compliance with the provisions of the Hague Abduction Convention; if such country is an MOU country, such country has taken measures to ensure future compliance with the provisions of the MOU at issue; or if such country was a nonparty country at the time the abductions or denials of rights of access resulting in the abduction cases or access cases occurred, such country has become a Convention country or an MOU country; the exercise of such waiver authority would further the purposes of this Act; or the important national interest of the United States requires the exercise of such waiver authority. Not later than the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such waiver or the intention to exercise such waiver, together with a detailed justification thereof.