---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8794"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8794"
heading: "Waiver"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8794"
units:
  - "Chapter 94 — Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights"
  - "Subchapter VII — Sanctions with Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria"
---

# §8794. Waiver


The President may waive the requirement to include a person on a list required by section [8791](/usc/22/8791.md), [8792](/usc/22/8792.md), or [8793](/usc/22/8793.md) of this title or to impose sanctions pursuant to any such section if the President—

- (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and
- (2) submits to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/8701.md?p=1) a report on the reasons for that determination.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 112–158, title VII, § 705, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1268.)

## Notes

### Termination of Section

For termination of section, see section 8795 of this title.