[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 13 (Monday, April 3, 2006)]
[Pages 561-562]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7991--To Implement Certain Provisions of the Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement With Respect 
to El Salvador

March 24, 2006

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    1. On August 5, 2004, the United States entered into the Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (Agreement) 
with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, and Nicaragua. The Agreement was approved by the Congress in 
section 101(a) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States 
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') (Public Law 109-
53, 119 Stat. 462) (19 U.S.C. 4001 note).
    2. Section 201 of the Act authorizes the President to proclaim such 
modifications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of duty-
free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President 
determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply Article 
3.3 and Annex 3.3 (including the schedule of United States duty 
reductions with respect to originating goods) of the Agreement.
    3. Presidential Proclamation 7987 of February 28, 2006, modified the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) to provide for the 
preferential tariff treatment being accorded under the Agreement for 
certain goods of El Salvador.
    4. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ``1974 Act'') (19 
U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorizes the President to embody in the HTS 
the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts 
affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder.

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    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 
section 201 of the Act, section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and 
section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to provide for the preferential tariff treatment being 
accorded under the Agreement for certain sugar and sugar-containing 
goods of El Salvador and to provide a tariff-rate quota for such goods 
of El Salvador, the HTS is modified as set forth in the Annex to this 
proclamation.
    (2) The amendments to the HTS made by paragraph (1) of this 
proclamation shall be effective with respect to goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date of this 
proclamation.
    (3) 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.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth 
day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
thirtieth.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:19 a.m., March 28, 
2006]

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