[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 36449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17439]



=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Report on Proposed Changes to U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Report on proposed changes to U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
(HTS) made available for review by the public.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the report submitted by the 
President under section 1206 of the Omnibus Trade and Tariff Act of 
1988 (1988 Act) to Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate for the 
implementation of HTS changes is available for review in the public 
reading room at the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

DATES: The report was submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
on May 16, 1995, and the President will proclaim the modifications 
outlined in the report after the required 60-legislative-day layover 
period.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Chattin, Director, Tariff Affairs, or Denby Misurelli at (202) 
395-5097.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 1205 and 1206 of the 1988 Act 
establish an administrative mechanism by which the President may 
proclaim certain modifications to the HTS. Section 1205 directs the 
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to keep the HTS under 
continuous review and to recommend such modifications to the President 
when amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature are adopted 
by the World Customs Organization (formerly known as the Customs 
Cooperation Council) and as other circumstances warrant.
    Under section 1206, the President may proclaim modifications to the 
HTS, on the basis of recommendations by the ITC under section 1205, if 
he determines that the modifications are in conformity with U.S. 
obligations under the HS Convention and do not run counter to the 
national economic interest of the United States. The President may 
proclaim such modifications only after the expiration of a 60-
legislative-day period beginning on the date the President submits a 
report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that sets 
forth the proposed modifications and the reasons therefor. 
Modifications proclaimed by the President may not become effective 
before the 15th day after the text of the proclamation is published in 
the Federal Register.
    A copy of the report is available for public inspection in the USTR 
Reading Room. An appointment to review the report may be made by 
contacting Brenda Webb at (202) 395-6186. The USTR Reading Room is open 
to the public from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, and is located in Room 101, Office of the United States 
Trade Representative, 600 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508.
Frederick L. Montgomery,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-17439 Filed 7-14-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3190-01-M