[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    TO MODIFY THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES, AND FOR OTHER 
PURPOSES--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                108-211)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed:
To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to section 502(f) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the 
``1974 Act''), I am writing to inform you of my intent to designate 
Iraq as a beneficiary developing country for purposes of the 
Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).
  I have considered the criteria set forth in sections 501 and 502 of 
the 1974 Act. In light of these criteria, I have determined that it is 
appropriate to extend GSP benefits to Iraq.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 7, 2004.

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