[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 46 (Monday, November 18, 2002)]
[Pages 2033-2034]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7626--To Implement Modifications to the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act and the African Growth and Opportunity Act

 November 13, 2002

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    1. Section 3107 of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-210) 
amended the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (Title II of the Trade 
Act of 2000, Public Law 106-200) (CBERA) to modify the type and quantity 
of textile and apparel articles eligible for the preferential tariff 
treatment now accorded to designated beneficiary Caribbean Basin Trade 
Partnership Act (CBTPA) countries.
    2. Section 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002 amended the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade Act of 2000, Public Law 106-
200) (AGOA) to modify the type and quantity of textile and apparel 
articles eligible for the preferential tariff treatment now accorded to 
designated beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.
    3. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided under 
sections 3107 and 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002, it is necessary to 
modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
    4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483) (1974 Trade 
Act) 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, including section 604 of the 1974 
Trade Act, do proclaim that:

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    (1) In order to provide the preferential treatment provided for in 
section 213(b)(2)(A) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(A)), as amended 
by section 3107(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, the HTS is modified as 
provided in Annex I to this proclamation.
    (2) In order to provide for the preferential treatment provided for 
in section 112(b) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)), as amended by section 
3108(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, the HTS is modified as provided in 
Annex II to this proclamation.
    (3) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders 
that are inconsistent with this proclamation are superseded to the 
extent of such inconsistency.
    (4) This proclamation is effective with respect to eligible articles 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after August 
6, 2002; except that section I of Annex I to this proclamation relating 
to the dyeing, printing, and finishing of fabrics shall be effective 
with respect to eligible articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, on or after September 1, 2002; and except that section 
II of Annex I and Annex II relating to increases in the amount of 
certain articles eligible for duty-free treatment shall be effective 
with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the dates provided in such annex sections.
     In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day 
of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
seventh.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 15, 
2002]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on November 14, and it was published in the Federal Register 
on November 18.