Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel November 16, 1995 (Presidential Discretion to Delay Making Determinations Under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991)

Presidential Discretion to Delay Making Determinations Under

the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare

Elimination Act of 1991

The President is required to make a determination that would trigger sanctions under the Chemical

and Biological W eapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 if he is presented with

sufficient evidence to compel the determination.