[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57837-57839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28993]


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 The President

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                Proclamation 7502 of November 14, 2001

                
To Provide for the Termination of Action Taken 
                With Regard to Imports of Lamb Meat

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Proclamation 7208 issued July 7, 1999, implemented 
                action of a type described in section 203(a)(3) of the 
                Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(3)) 
                (the ``Trade Act''), with respect to imports of fresh, 
                chilled, or frozen lamb meat, provided for in 
                subheadings 0204.10.00, 0204.22.20, 0204.23.20, 
                0204.30.00, 0204.42.20, and 0204.43.20 of the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 
                Proclamation 7208 took effect on July 22, 1999.

                2. Section 204(a)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2254(a)(1)) requires the United States International 
                Trade Commission (USITC) to monitor developments with 
                respect to the domestic industry while action taken 
                under section 203 remains in effect. If the initial 
                period of such action exceeds 3 years, then the 
                Commission must submit to the President a report on the 
                results of such monitoring not later than the date that 
                is the mid-point of the initial period of the action. 
                The USITC report in Investigation Number TA-204-2, 
                issued on January 22, 2001, has been submitted.

                3. Section 204(b)(1)(A) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 
                2254(b)(1)(A)) authorizes the President to reduce, 
                modify, or terminate a safeguard action if, after 
                taking into account any report or advice submitted by 
                the USITC and after seeking the advice of the Secretary 
                of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor, the President 
                determines that changed circumstances warrant such 
                reduction, modification, or termination. The 
                President's determination may be made, inter alia, on 
                the basis that the effectiveness of the action taken 
                under section 203 has been impaired by changed economic 
                circumstances.

                4. In view of the information provided in the USITC's 
                report, and having sought advice from the Secretary of 
                Commerce and the Secretary of Labor, I determine that 
                the effectiveness of the action taken under section 203 
                with respect to lamb imports has been impaired by 
                changed economic circumstances. Accordingly, I have 
                determined, pursuant to section 204(b)(1)(A) of the 
                Trade Act, that termination of the action taken under 
                section 203 with respect to lamb meat imports is 
                warranted.

                5. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) 
                authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the 
                substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, and 
                of other acts affecting import treatment, and actions 
                thereunder, including the removal, modification, 
                continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other 
                import restriction.

                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 but not limited to 
                sections 204 and 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim 
                that:

                    (1) The HTS is modified as provided in the Annex to 
                this proclamation.
                    (2) 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.

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                    (3) The modifications to the HTS made by this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods 
                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
                after the close of November 14, 2001.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand one, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.

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                Annex

                    Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
                the United States

                Effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn 
                from warehouse for consumption, after the close of 
                November 14, 2001, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
                hereby modified by striking U.S. note 8, subheading 
                9903.02.01 through 9903.02.06, and the superior text 
                thereto.

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