[House Document 114-60]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-60
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 TERMINATION OF SEYCHELLES AS BENEFICIARY UNDER THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND
                             OPPORTUNITY ACT

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENT TO TERMINATE THE DESIGNATION OF SEYCHELLES 
 AS A BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY UNDER THE AFRICAN GROWTH 
 AND OPPORTUNITY ACT PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO SEC. 506A(a)(1) OF THE TRADE 
             ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED [19 U.S.C. 2466(a)(1)]

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   October 1, 2015.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    I am providing notification of my intent to terminate the 
designation of Seychelles as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) 
program.
    Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
(the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)) authorizes the 
President to designate a country listed in section 107 of the 
AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country eligible for the benefits described in section 506A(b) 
of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(b)), if the President 
determines that the country meets the eligibility requirements 
in section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), subject to the 
authority granted to the President under subsections (a), (d), 
and (e) of section 502 of the 1974 Act.
    Pursuant to section 502(e) of the 1974 Act, I have 
determined that Seychelles has become a ``high income'' country 
and its designation as a beneficiary sub-Saharan country is no 
longer within the authority granted to the President under 
section 502 of the 1974 Act. Accordingly, pursuant to section 
506A(a)(1) of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), I have 
determined that Seychelles is no longer eligible for benefits 
as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for the purpose of 
section 506A of the 1974 Act, effective January 1, 2017.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, September 30, 2015.