[House Document 106-290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

 106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - -- House Document 106-290



 
  NOTIFICATION TO GRANT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR NIGERIA UNDER THE 
                GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)

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                              COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

 NOTIFICATION OF HIS INTENTION TO GRANT NIGERIA PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT 
UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP), PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 
                 104-188, SEC. 1952(a) (110 STAT. 1917)




  September 6, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
                         ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 27, 2000.

Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Mr. Speaker: I hereby transmit a Proclamation in which 
I have determined that it is appropriate to grant preferential 
treatment for Nigeria as a beneficiary developing country under 
the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). GSP benefits must 
be granted to Nigeria before that nation can receive further 
trade benefits under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act 
(Public Law 106-200).
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.


     To Modify Duty-Free Treatment Under the Generalized System of 
                              Preferences

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            By the President of the United States of America

                             a proclamation

    1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Trade Act of 
1974, as amended (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462), 
the President is authorized to designate countries as 
beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
    2. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, and 
having due regard for the eligibility criteria set forth 
therein, I have determined that it is appropriate to designate 
Nigeria as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the 
GSP.
    3. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes 
the President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTS) the substance of the relevant 
provisions of that Act, and of other acts affecting import 
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, 
modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or 
other import restriction.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
United States of America, acting under the authority vested in 
me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
America, including but not limited to title V and section 604 
of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to reflect in the HTS the addition of Nigeria 
as a beneficiary country under the GSP, general note 4(a) to 
the HTS is modified by adding ``Nigeria'' to the list of 
independent countries, effective with respect to articles 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the date of signature of this proclamation.
    (2) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive 
Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this 
proclamation are superseded to the extent of such 
inconsistency.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two 
thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of 
America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

                                                William J. Clinton.

                                
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