[House Document 109-92]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




109th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-
92
 
    NOTIFICATION TO ADD LIBERIA TO THE LIST OF COUNTRIES 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 DESIGNATE LIBERIA AS A BENEFICIARY 
 DEVELOPING COUNTRY UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP), 
       PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 104-188, SEC. 1952(a) (110 Stat. 1917)




  February 28, 2006.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 22, 2006.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am writing to inform you of my intent 
to add Liberia to the list of beneficiary developing countries 
and to the list of least-developed beneficiary developing 
countries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). I 
have carefully considered the criteria identified in sections 
501 and 502 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In light of 
these criteria, I have determined that it is appropriate to end 
the suspension of Liberia as a GSP beneficiary developing 
country and to extend least-developed beneficiary developing 
country benefits to Liberia.
    This notice is submitted in accordance with section 502(f) 
of the Trade Act of 1974.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
     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. Section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the 
``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2462), authorizes the President to 
designate countries as beneficiary developing countries, and to 
designate any beneficiary developing country as a least-
developed beneficiary developing country, for purposes of the 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program.
    2. Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and taking into 
account the factors set forth in section 502(c) (19 U.S.C. 
2462(c)), I have determined that the suspension pursuant to 
Proclamation 6123 of April 26, 1990, of preferential treatment 
for Liberia as a beneficiary developing country under the GSP 
should be ended.
    3. Pursuant to section 502 of the 1974 Act, and having 
considered the factors set forth in sections 501 (19 U.S.C. 
2461) and 502(c), I have also determined that Liberia should be 
designated as a least-developed beneficiary developing country 
for purposes of the GSP.
    4. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as 
amended, authorizes the President to embody in the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States the substance of 
relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting import 
treatment, and of actions taken thereunder.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 
2461-67, 2483), do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to reflect in the HTS the restoration of 
preferential treatment for Liberia as a beneficiary developing 
country under the GSP, general note 4(a) is modified by adding 
in alphabetical order ``Liberia'' to the list entitled 
``Independent Countries.''
    (2) In order to reflect in the HTS the designation of 
Liberia as a least-developed beneficiary developing country 
under the GSP, general note 4(b)(i) is modified by adding in 
alphabetical order ``Liberia.''
    (3) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph 1 of 
this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after 15 days after the date of this proclamation.
    (4) The modifications to the HTS made by paragraph 2 of 
this proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after 60 days after the date of this proclamation.
    (5) 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-second day of February, in the year of our Lord two 
thousand six, and of the Independence of the United States of 
America the two hundred and thirtieth.

                                                    George W. Bush.

                                  
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