The Clemency Board Waiver Authority Emergency 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 request even if the notice is received, and waivers cannot be granted if the applicant is currently on probation, parole, or supervised release.

The new provisions also allow the Board to request additional information from applicants to support their waiver requests and require the Board to provide written notice of its decision regarding the waiver. Furthermore, the applicants' applications will be deferred until a determination on the waiver request is made. This emergency amendment is intended to streamline the pardon process and provide more flexibility for applicants under specific circumstances.