[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 20865-20866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10648]


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 The President

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                Memorandum of May 1, 2009

                
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on 
                Trade in Timber Products from Peru and Assignment of 
                Function under Section 501 of the United States-Peru 
                Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act

                Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
                the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
                the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, United States Trade 
                Representative, [and] Administrator of the United 
                States Agency for International Development

                Section 501 of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion 
                Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act''), Public Law 
                110-138, calls for the establishment of an interagency 
                committee with responsibility for overseeing the 
                implementation of Annex 18.3.4 of the United States-
                Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (the ``Agreement'') 
                within 90 days after the date on which the Agreement 
                enters into force. The Agreement entered into force on 
                February 1, 2009. Therefore, by the authority vested in 
                me as President under the Constitution and the laws of 
                the United States, including section 301 of title 3, 
                United States Code, and section 501 of the Act, I order 
                as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment of Interagency Committee. The 
                Interagency Committee on Trade in Timber Products from 
                Peru (Committee) is hereby established to oversee the 
                implementation of Annex 18.3.4 of the Agreement, 
                including by undertaking such actions and making such 
                determinations provided for in section 501 of the Act 
                that are not otherwise authorized under law.

                Sec. 2. Membership. The Committee shall be composed of 
                representatives of the Departments of State, Justice, 
                the Interior, and Agriculture, and the Office of the 
                United States Trade Representative (USTR), and all 
                representatives shall be officers of the United States. 
                The USTR's representative shall serve as chair. 
                Representatives of the Department of Homeland Security 
                and the United States Agency for International 
                Development shall participate on the Committee as 
                observers. The chair may invite representatives from 
                other departments or agencies, as appropriate, to 
                participate as observers.

                Sec. 3. Assignment of Function. The function vested in 
                the President by section 501(h) of the Act is assigned 
                to the USTR.

                Sec. 4. Committee Decision-making. The Committee shall 
                endeavor to make any decision on an action or 
                determination under section 501 of the Act by 
                consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where no 
                Committee member objects to the proposed action or 
                determination. If the Committee is unable to reach a 
                consensus on a proposed action or determination and the 
                chair determines that allotting further time will cause 
                a decision to be unduly delayed, the Committee shall 
                decide the matter by majority vote of its members.

                Sec. 5. Implementing Measures. The Secretaries of the 
                Treasury, the Interior, Agriculture, and Homeland 
                Security are directed to issue, in consultation with 
                the USTR, such regulations and other measures as are 
                necessary or appropriate to implement section 501 of 
                the Act.

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                Sec. 6. General Provisions.

                    (a) Each department and agency shall bear its own 
                expenses incurred in connection with the Committee's 
                functions, including expenses it incurs in carrying out 
                verification visits described in section 501(c)(3) of 
                the Act.
                    (b) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed 
                to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) authority granted by law to a department, agency, or the head thereof; 
or

(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (c) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent 
                with applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (d) This memorandum is not intended to, and does 
                not, create any right or benefit, substantive or 
                procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 
                party against the United States, its departments, 
                agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
                agents, or any other person.

                Sec. 7. Publication. The USTR is authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, May 1, 2009

[FR Doc. E9-10648
Filed 5-5-09; 8:45 am]
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