To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, 67035-67036 [2011-28211]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 67035-67036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28211]



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Vol. 76

Friday,

No. 209

October 28, 2011

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 8741--To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 209 / Friday, October 28, 2011 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8741 of October 25, 2011

                
To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth 
                and Opportunity Act

                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(c) of the AGOA, as added in section 6002 
                of the Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 
                (Division D, title VI of Public Law 109-432) (19 U.S.C. 
                3721(c)), 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 the 
                Republic of C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire (C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire), 
                the Republic of Guinea (Guinea), and the Republic of 
                Niger (Niger) meet the eligibility requirements set 
                forth or referenced therein, and I have decided to 
                designate C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger as 
                eligible sub-Saharan African countries and as 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.

                5. C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger each satisfy 
                the criterion for treatment as a ``lesser developed 
                beneficiary sub-Saharan African country'' under section 
                112(c) of the AGOA.

                6. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), as 
                amended, authorizes the President to embody in the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) 
                the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or 
                other acts affecting import treatment, and actions 
                taken thereunder.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States of America, including but not limited to 
                section 104 of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3703), and title V 
                and section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2461-67, 
                2483), do hereby proclaim that:

                    (1) C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger are 
                designated as eligible sub-Saharan African countries 
                and as beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.
                    (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 ``Republic of 
                C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire'', ``Republic of Guinea'', and 
                ``Republic of Niger''.
                    (3) For purposes of section 112(c) of the AGOA, 
                C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire, Guinea, and Niger are lesser 
                developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
                sixth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2011-28211
Filed 10-27-11; 11:15 am]
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