For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 31, 2001
To Provide for the Efficient and Fair Administration of Action Taken with Regard to Imports of Lamb Meat and for Other Purposes
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On July 7, 1999, President Clinton issued Proclamation 7208, which
implemented action of a type described in section 203(a)(3) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2253(a)(3)) (the "Trade Act"), with respect to
imports of fresh, chilled, or frozen lamb meat, provided for in subheadings
0204.10.00, 0204.22.20, 0204.23.20, 0204.30.00, 0204.42.20, and
0204.43.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
Proclamation 7208 took effect on July 22, 1999.
2. Proclamation 7208 established import relief in the form of tariff-rate
quotas (TRQs) and increased duties but did not make specific provision for
their administration. Accord-ingly, on July 30, 1999, President Clinton issued
Proclamation 7214, which exempted from the TRQ goods that were exported
prior to July 22, 1999, and delegated the President's authority to administer the
TRQs to the United States Trade Representative. Proclamation 7214 took
effect on July 30, 1999.
3. I have determined under section 203(g)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2253(g)(1)) that it is necessary for the efficient and fair administration of the
actions undertaken in Proclamation 7208 and Proclamation 7214 to grant
second-year "in-quota" treatment to certain goods covered by the entry
numbers set forth in the Annex to this proclamation.
4. Section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) 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 of America, including but not limited to
sections 203 and 604 of the Trade Act, and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, do proclaim that:
(1) In order to provide for the efficient and fair administration of the TRQs
on imports of fresh, chilled, or frozen lamb meat classified in HTS subheadings
0204.10.00, 0204.22.20, 0204.23.20, 0204.30.00, 0204.42.20, and
0204.43.20, notwithstanding the provisions of subheadings 9903.02.01 through
9903.02.04 and immediately superior text thereto, goods covered by the entry
numbers set forth in the Annex to this proclamation that are covered by a
second quota year export certificate and that were exported in the first quota
year shall be charged against the in-quota quantity provided for in HTS
subheading 9903.02.03.
2) 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.
(3) The actions taken in this proclamation shall be effective on the date of
signature of this proclamation and shall continue in effect through the close of
the dates on which actions proclaimed in Proclamation 7208 and Proclamation
7214 cease to be effective, unless such actions are earlier expressly modified or
terminated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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