94 STAT. 3734
PROCLAMATION 4742—MAR. 31, 1980
Whether they are huffing up mountain roads on vacation or commuting a few miles to work every day, bicycle riders are using their energy to save our energy, while their pumping legs mean pumping hearts and better health. One of the most energy-efficient forms of transportation known to man, bicycle riding is bound to become even more popular in the energyconscious, health-conscious future. Ante, p. 127.
The Congress, by joint resolution (H.J. Res. 414), has authorized and requested the President to designate the first day of May, 1980, as National Bicycling Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare May 1, 1980, National Bicycling Day. I call upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and events. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of March, 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 4742 of March 31, 1980
Establishment of a Special Limited Global Import Quota for Upland Cotton By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. Section 103(f)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as added by section 602 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (91 Stat. 913, 934; 7 U.S.C. 1444(f)(1)), provides that whenever the Secretary of Agriculture determines that the average price of Strict Low Middling one and one-sixteenth inch cotton (microaire 3.5 through 4.9), hereinafter referred to as "Strict Low Middling cotton," in the designated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 per centum of the average price of such quality of cotton in such markets for the preceding thirty-six months, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall immediately establish and proclaim a special limited global import quota for upland cotton. The amount of such quota is to be equal to twenty-one days of domestic mill consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent three months for which data are available and is to remain in effect for a ninety-day period. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture has informed me that he has determined that the average price of Strict Low Middling cotton in the designated spot markets for the month of February 1980 has exceeded 130 per centum of the average price of such cotton in such markets for the preceding 36 months. The Secretary's determination was based upon the following data: (a) The average price of Strict Low Middling cotton in the designated spot markets for the month of February 1980 was 80.66 cents per pound.
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