The Clemency Board Waiver Authority Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 amends the Clemency Board Establishment Act of 2018 to allow the Clemency Board to grant a waiver of the 5-year waiting period for applicants seeking a pardon. A new subsection (f) is added to section 205, which outlines the conditions under which the Board may grant such waivers. Specifically, the Board can only grant a waiver if it receives notice from the Office of the Pardon Attorney that a waiver has been provided by the Pardon Attorney or the President of the United States. Additionally, the Board retains the discretion to decline a waiver even with such notice and will not grant a waiver if the applicant is currently on probation, parole, or supervised release.

The new provisions also allow the Board to request additional information from the applicant to support their waiver request and require the Board to provide written notice of its decision regarding the waiver. Furthermore, the applicant's application will be deferred until a determination on the waiver request is made. This temporary amendment will take effect following approval by the Mayor and a 30-day congressional review period, and it will expire after 225 days.