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Determination
Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
Signed May 12, 2025, printed at 90 FR 22835. 162 words.
A law lets the President act on oil money that flows to Iran. This finding is the step the law asks for first.
What It Says
Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of the Treasury[, and] the Secretary of Energy By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, after carefully considering the reports submitted to the Congress by the Energy Information Administration, including the report submitted in February 2025, and other relevant factors, including global economic conditions, the level of spare capacity, and the availability of strategic reserves, I determine, pursuant to section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-81, and consistent with prior determinations, that there is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products from countries other than Iran to permit a significant reduction in the volume of petroleum and petroleum products purchased from Iran by or through foreign financial institutions. I will continue to monitor this situation closely. The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
- The determination itself
Determination, “Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012,” signed May 12, 2025, 90 FR 22835 (May 29, 2025).
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/29/2025-09872/presidential-determination-pursuant-to-section-1245d4b-and-c-of-the-national-defense-authorization - This page
Determination, quoted from its opening. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/presidential/determ-2025-09872/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What a Determination Is
A determination is a finding a statute requires the President to make before something can happen: that a country qualifies, that a waiver is justified, that a transfer is in the national interest.
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