[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 22 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Pages 833-834]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7445--To Provide for the Efficient and Fair Administration 
of Action Taken With Regard to Imports of Lamb Meat and for Other Purposes

 May 30, 2001

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    1. On July 7, 1999, President Clinton issued Proclamation 7208, 
which 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. Proclamation 7208 established import relief in the form of 
tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) and increased duties but did not make specific 
provision for their administration. Accordingly, on July 30, 1999, 
President Clinton issued Proclamation 7214, which exempted from the TRQ 
goods that were exported prior to July 22, 1999, and delegated the 
President's authority to administer the TRQs to the United States Trade 
Representative. Proclamation 7214 took effect on July 30, 1999.
    3. I have determined under section 203(g)(1) of the Trade Act (19 
U.S.C. 2253(g)(1)) that it is necessary for the efficient and fair 
administration of the actions undertaken in Proclamation 7208 and 
Proclamation 7214 to grant second-year ``in-quota'' treatment to certain 
goods covered by the entry numbers set forth in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    4. 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 203 and 604 of the Trade Act, and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to provide for the efficient and fair administration of 
the TRQs on imports of fresh, chilled, or frozen lamb meat classified in 
HTS subheadings 0204.10.00, 0204.22.20, 0204.23.20, 0204.30.00, 
0204.42.20, and 0204.43.20, notwithstanding the provisions of 
subheadings 9903.02.01 through 9903.02.04 and immediately superior text 
thereto, goods covered by the entry numbers set forth in the Annex to 
this proclamation that are covered by a second quota year export 
certificate and that were exported in the first quota year shall be 
charged against the in-quota quantity provided for in HTS subheading 
9903.02.03.
    (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.
    (3) The actions taken in this proclamation shall be effective on the 
date of signature of this proclamation and shall continue in effect 
through the close of the dates on which actions proclaimed in 
Proclamation 7208 and

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Proclamation 7214 cease to be effective, unless such actions are earlier 
expressly modified or terminated.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day 
of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
fifth.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:03 p.m., June 1, 
2001]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on May 31, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
June 4.