94 STAT. 3716 19 USC 1821.
PROCLAMATION 4721—FEB. 5, 1980
including section 201 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and pursuant to General Headnote 4 and Headnote 2 of Subpart A of Part 10 of Schedule 1 of the TSUS, do hereby proclaim until otherwise superseded by law: A. The rates of duty in rate columns 1 and 2 for items 155.20 and 155.30 of Subpart A of Part 10 of Schedule 1 of the TSUS are modified and the following rates are established: Rates of Duty
155.20 0.6625(|; per lb. less 0.009375t per lb. for 1.987(t per lb. less 0.028125(t per lb. for each degree under 100 degrees (and fraceach degree under 100 degrees (and fractions of a degree in proportion) but not tions of a degree in proportion) but not less than 0.428125<t per lb. less than 1.284375(|; per lb. 155.30 Dutiable on total sugar at the rate per lb. Dutiable on total sugars at the rate per lb. applicable under Item 155.20 to sugar applicable under Item 155.20 to sugar testing 100 degrees. testing 100 degrees.
19 USC 1202.
B. Those parts of Proclamation 4334 of November 16, 1974, Proclamation 4463 of September 21, 1976, Proclamation 4466 of October 4, 1976, and Proclamation 4539 of November 11, 1977, which are inconsistent with the provisions of paragraph (A) above are hereby terminated. C. The provisions of this Proclamation shall apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after the date of this Proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourth. JIMMY CARTER
Proclamation 4721 of February 5, 1980
National Inventors' Day, 1980 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation u s e prec. title 1.
1 Stat. 109.
Section 8 of Article I of our Constitution provides that the Congress shall have the power "to promote the progress of science and useful arts" by giving inventors, for a limited time, the exclusive right to their discoveries. The First Congress enacted legislation to this end, which, when signed by President George Washington on April 10, 1790, became the first United States patent law. The patent incentive has prompted thousands of individuals to create, perfect, and bring to the marketplace inventions that have contributed to our health and welfare and to the productivity of our labor. A recent review of the status of domestic industrial innovation, conducted at my request, confirms the vital role the patent system plays in the advancement of American technology. February 11 is an especially significant date in the history of American invention because it marks the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, who, among
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