[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 51 (Monday, December 20, 2004)]
[Pages 2939-2940]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7853--To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act With Respect to Burkina Faso

December 10, 2004

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 the United 
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.
    (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

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:39 a.m., December 13, 
2004]

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Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on 
December 14. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.