[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 7853--DEC. 10, 2004

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119 STAT. 3685

Proclamation 7853 of December 10, 2004
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act
With Respect to Burkina Faso
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ``1974
Act'';) (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as added by section 111(a) of the
African Growth and Opportunity Act (title I of Public Law 106-200)
(AGOA), authorizes the President to designate a country listed in
section 107 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as a ``beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country''; if the President determines that the country meets
the eligibility requirements set forth in section 104 of the AGOA (19
U.S.C. 3703), as well as the eligibility criteria set forth in section
502 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2462).
2. Section 104 of the AGOA authorizes the President to designate a
country listed in section 107 of the AGOA as an ``eligible sub-Saharan
African country''; if the President determines that the country meets
certain eligibility requirements.
3. Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)) provides
special rules for certain apparel articles imported from ``lesser
developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.'';
4. Pursuant to section 104 of the AGOA and section 506A(a)(1) of the
1974 Act, I have determined that Burkina Faso meets the eligibility
requirements set forth or referenced therein, and I have decided to
designate Burkina Faso as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
5. Burkina Faso satisfies the criterion for treatment as a ``lesser
developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country''; under section
112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA.
6. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the President
to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of theUnited States (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 sections 506A and
604 of the 1974 Act and section 104 of the AGOA, do proclaim that:
(1) Burkina Faso is designated as an eligible sub-Saharan African
country and as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.
(2) In order to reflect this designation in the HTS, general note
16(a) to the HTS is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence in
the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries ``Burkina Faso.'';
(3) For purposes of section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA, Burkina Faso
is a lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African country.

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(4) The modification to the HTS made by this proclamation shall be
effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, 15 days after the date of this proclamation.
(5) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders
that are inconsistent with this proclamation are superseded to the
extent of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of
December, in the year of our Lord two thousand four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
ninth.
GEORGE W. BUSH