[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 45285-45286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 7576--To Provide for the Efficient and Fair Administration 
of Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products



Executive Order 13269--Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and 
Noncitizen Nationals Serving in an Active-Duty Status During the War on 
Terrorism



Executive Order 13270--Tribal Colleges and Universities
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                Proclamation 7576 of July 3, 2002

                
To Provide for the Efficient and Fair 
                Administration of Safeguard Measures on Imports of 
                Certain Steel Products

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. On March 5, 2002, pursuant to section 203 of the 
                Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Trade Act'') (19 
                U.S.C. 2253), I issued Proclamation 7529, which imposed 
                tariffs and a tariff-rate quota on certain steel 
                products under subheadings 9903.72.30 through 
                9903.74.24 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                United States (HTS) (the ``safeguard measures'') for a 
                period of 3 years plus 1 day.

                2. In clause (3) of Proclamation 7529, I excluded 
                imports of certain steel that are the product of World 
                Trade Organization (WTO) member developing countries, 
                as provided in subdivision (d)(i) of U.S. Note 11 to 
                subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS (Note 11), from 
                the safeguard measures.

                3. In clause (5) of Proclamation 7529, I authorized the 
                United States Trade Representative (USTR), within 120 
                days after March 5, 2002, to further consider any 
                request for exclusion of a particular product submitted 
                in accordance with the procedures set out in 66 Fed. 
                Reg. 54321, 54322-54323 (October 26, 2001) and, upon 
                publication in the Federal Register of a notice of his 
                finding that a particular product should be excluded, 
                to modify the HTS provisions created by the Annex to 
                Proclamation 7529 to exclude such particular product 
                from the pertinent safeguard measure.

                4. Pursuant to section 203(g) of the Trade Act (19 
                U.S.C. 2253(g)), in order to provide for the efficient 
                and fair administration of the safeguard measures, I 
                have determined that:

                    (a) the USTR should have authority, as appropriate, 
                to add WTO member developing countries to the list of 
                countries in subdivision (d)(i) of Note 11;
                    (b) the period provided in clause (5) of 
                Proclamation 7529 should be extended until August 31, 
                2002; and
                    (c) requests for exclusion submitted in accordance 
                with the procedures set out in 67 Fed. Reg. 19307, 
                19308 (April 18, 2002); 67 Fed. Reg. 35842, 35842-35843 
                (May 21, 2002); 67 Fed. Reg. 38693, 38694 (June 5, 
                2002) should be treated as having been submitted in 
                accordance with the procedures set out in 66 Fed. Reg. 
                54321, 54322-54323 (October 26, 2001).

                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, 
                continuation, 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, including but not limited to sections 
                203 and 604 of the Trade Act, and section 301 of title 
                3, United States Code, do proclaim that:

                    (1) The USTR is authorized, upon publication of a 
                notice in the Federal Register of his determination 
                that it is appropriate to add WTO member

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                developing countries to the list of countries in 
                subdivision (d)(i) of Note 11, to add such countries to 
                that list.
                    (2) Clause (5) of Proclamation 7529 is amended by 
                deleting the words ``Within 120 days after the date of 
                this proclamation'' and adding in their place the words 
                ``At any time on or before August 31, 2002''. Note 11 
                is amended in subdivision (c), by deleting the date 
                ``July 3, 2002'' and adding in its place the date 
                ``August 31, 2002.''
                    (3) The USTR is authorized to treat requests for 
                exclusion submitted in accordance with the procedures 
                set out in 67 Fed. Reg. 19307 (April 18, 2002); 67 Fed. 
                Reg. 35842 (May 21, 2002); or 67 Fed. Reg. 38693 (June 
                5, 2002) as having been submitted in accordance with 
                the procedures set out in 66 Fed. Reg. 54321, 54322-
                54323 (October 26, 2001).
                    (4) 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.
                    (5) The modifications to the HTS made by this 
                proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods 
                entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
                on or after 12:01 a.m. EST, on March 20, 2002, and 
                shall continue in effect as provided in subchapter III 
                of chapter 99 of the HTS, unless such actions are 
                earlier expressly reduced, modified, or terminated. 
                Effective at the close of March 21, 2006, or such other 
                date that is 1 year from the close of the safeguard 
                measures, the modifications to the HTS established in 
                this proclamation shall be deleted from the HTS.

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

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