To Implement Modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the African Growth and Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes, 13655-13669 [07-1442]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 55 (Thursday, March 22, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13655-13669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1442]



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Part VI





The President





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Proclamation 8114--To Implement Modifications to the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act and the African Growth and Opportunity Act and 
for Other Purposes


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 55 / Thursday, March 22, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8114 of March 19, 2007

                
To Implement Modifications to the Caribbean Basin 
                Economic Recovery Act and the African Growth and 
                Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                1. Section 5002 of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity 
                through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (Division 
                D, Title V of Public Law 109-432)(the ``HOPE Act''), 
                which amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
                (Title II of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, 
                Public Law 106-200)(CBERA), provides that preferential 
                tariff treatment may be provided to certain articles 
                that are imported directly from Haiti into the customs 
                territory of the United States, provided the President 
                determines that Haiti meets the eligibility 
                requirements of section 213A(d) of CBERA, as amended 
                (19 U.S.C. 2703a(d)), and Haiti is meeting the 
                conditions regarding enforcement of circumvention set 
                forth in section 213A(e) of CBERA, as amended (19 
                U.S.C. 2703a(e)(1)).

                2. Section 6002 of the Africa Investment Incentive Act 
                of 2006 (Division D, Title VI of Public Law 109-432) 
                amends section 112 of the African Growth and 
                Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade and Development 
                Act of 2000, Public Law 106-200)(AGOA) to modify the 
                preferential tariff treatment accorded to designated 
                lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
                countries.

                3. Pursuant to section 213A(d) of CBERA, as amended (19 
                U.S.C. 2703a(d)), I have determined that Haiti meets 
                the eligibility requirements set forth in section 
                213A(d)(1).

                4. Pursuant to section 213A(e) of CBERA, as amended (19 
                U.S.C. 2703a(e)), I have determined that Haiti is 
                meeting the conditions set forth therein.

                5. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided 
                under section 213A of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
                2703a), and section 112(b)(8) and 112(c) of AGOA, as 
                amended (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(8) and (c)), it is necessary 
                to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
                States (HTS).

                6. Title I, subtitles A and B of the Tax Relief and 
                Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432)(the ``Tax 
                Relief Act'') suspended or reduced duties on certain 
                articles that were identified under provisions of the 
                HTS in effect on December 20, 2006. Presidential 
                Proclamation 8097 of December 27, 2006, modified the 
                HTS to conform it to the International Convention on 
                the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. 
                Modifications to the HTS are necessary to reflect 
                accurately the suspension or reduction of duties that 
                were enacted in the Tax Relief Act.

                7. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
                (the ``1974 Act'') (19 U.S.C. 2483), 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, including the removal, modification, 
                continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other 
                import restriction.

                8. I have determined that it is appropriate to 
                authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to perform the 
                functions specified in section 213A(f) of CBERA, as 
                amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a(f)).

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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 section 604 of the 
                1974 Act, and section 301 of title 3, United States 
                Code, do proclaim that:

                (1) In order to provide the tariff treatment provided 
                for in section 213A of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
                2703a), the HTS is modified as provided in Annex I to 
                this proclamation.

                (2) In order to implement the tariff treatment provided 
                for in section 112(b)(8) and section 112(c) of AGOA, as 
                amended (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(8) and (c)), the HTS is 
                modified as provided in Annex II to this proclamation.

                (3) In order to provide the tariff treatment provided 
                for in Title I, subtitles A and B of the Tax Relief 
                Act, and to make technical corrections to previously 
                proclaimed provisions, the HTS is modified as provided 
                in Annex III to this proclamation.

                (4) The modifications to the HTS set forth in the 
                annexes to this proclamation shall be effective with 
                respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
                warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates set 
                forth in the respective annex.

                (5) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized 
                to perform the functions assigned to the President in 
                section 213A(f) of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
                2703a(f)).

                (6) 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 
                nineteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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