[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 213 (Thursday, November 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65845-65846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28261]


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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Request for Public Comments on Cambodian Labor Law and Standards 
Pursuant to the U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Agreement

October 31, 2000.
AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Notice concerning Cambodian labor law and standards.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy Unger, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on categories for which 
consultations have been requested, call (202) 482-3740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as 
amended.
    A notice and letter to the Commissioner of Customs published in the 
Federal Register on February 8, 1999 (see 64 FR 6050) outlined the 
bilateral textile agreement of January 20, 1999 in which the 
Governments of the United States and Cambodia agreed to

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limits for certain cotton, wool and man-made fiber textile products, 
produced or manufactured in Cambodia and exported to the United States 
during three one-year periods beginning on January 1, 1999 and 
extending through December 31, 2001.
    Pursuant to the bilateral textile agreement, the United States must 
make a determination by December 1, 2000 as to whether working 
conditions in the Cambodian textile and apparel sector substantially 
comply with Cambodian labor law and internationally recognized core 
labor standards. If the United States makes a positive determination, 
textile and apparel specific limits will be increased for the 
subsequent agreement year.
    Anyone wishing to comment or provide data or information regarding 
this matter is invited to submit 10 copies of such comments or 
information to Richard B. Steinkamp, Acting Chairman, Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Washington, DC 20230; ATTN: Becky Geiger. The deadline for receipt of 
comments is November 15, 2000.
    Comments or information submitted in response to this notice will 
be available for public inspection in the Office of Textiles and 
Apparel, room H3100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    The solicitation of comments is not a waiver in any respect of the 
exemption to the rulemaking provisions contained in 5 U.S.C.553(a)(1) 
relating to matters which constitute ``a foreign affairs function of 
the United States.''

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 00-28261 Filed 10-31-00; 12:39 pm]
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