Proc. 7616 Title 3--The President that is the growth, product, or manufacture of an ATPDEA beneficiary country, that is imported directly into the customs territory of the United States from an ATPDEA beneficiary country, and that meets the require- ments of section 204 of the ATPA, as amended, if the President determines that such article is not import-sensitive in the context of imports from ATPDEA beneficiary countries, provided that the President determines that the country has satisfied the requirements of section 204(b)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of the ATPA, as amended, relating to the implementation of procedures and requirements similar to those in chapter 5 of the NAFTA. 3. Section 3103(a)(2) of the ATPDEA amended section 204(b) of the ATPA to provide that eligible textile and apparel articles of a designated ATPDEA beneficiary country shall enter the United States free of duty and free of quantitative limitations, provided that the President determines that the country has satisfied the requirements of section 204(b)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of the ATPA, as amended, relating to the implementation of procedures and re- quirements similar to those in chapter 5 of the NAFTA. 4. Section 3103(a)(2) of the ATPDEA amended section 204(b) of the ATPA to provide that eligible tuna products of a designated ATPDEA beneficiary country shall enter the United States free of duty and free of quantitative limitations, provided that the President determines that the country has sat- isfied the requirements of section 204(b)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of the ATPA, as amend- ed, relating to the implementation of procedures and requirements similar to those in chapter 5 of the NAFTA. 5. Section 203(e)(2)(A) of the ATPA (\1779 U.S.C. 3202(e)(2)(A)) requires the President to publish in the Federal Register notice of proposed action under section 203(e)(1) of the ATPA (19 U.S.C. 3202(e)(1)) at least 30 days prior to taking such action. Section 212(e)(2)(A) of the Caribbean Basin Eco- nomic Recovery Act (Ct\177ERA) (19 U.S.C. 2702(e)(2)(A)) requires the Presi- dent to publish in the Federal Register notice of proposed action under section 212(e)(1) of the Ct\177ERA (19 U.S.C. 2702(e)(1)) at least 30 days prior to taking such action. 6. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided under the ATPDEA, it is necessary to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 7. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483) (1974 Trade Act) authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the rel- evant 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 section 604 of the 1974 Trade Act, do proclaim as follows: (1) I have designated the following countries as ATPDEA beneficiary countries pursuant to section 204(b)(6)(t\177) of the ATPA, as amended, and have determined that these countries have satisfied the requirements of sec- tion 204(b)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of the ATPA, as amended, relating to the implemen- tation of procedures and requirements similar to those in chapter 5 of the NAFTA: Bolivia 158
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