Proclamations Proc. 8097 the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agree- ment (CAFTA-DR Agreement) with respect to the United States and, pursu- ant to section 201 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Implementation Act (the "CAFTA-DR Act") (19 U.S.C. 403\177), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I determined to be necessary or ap- propriate to carry out or apply articles 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.2% 3.26, 3.27, and 3.28, and Annexes 3.3 (including the schedule of the United States duty reductions with respect to originating goods), 3.27, and 3.28. In order to en- sure the continuation of such staged reductions in rates of duty for origi- nating goods under tariff categories that are being modified to reflect the amendments to the Convention, I have determined that additional modi- fications to the HTS are necessary or appropriate to carry out the duty re- ductions previously proclaimed. 17. Presidential Proclamation 8039 of July 27, 2006, implemented the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (USBFTA) with respect to the United States and, pursuant to section 20\177 of the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "USBFTA Act") (19 U.S.C. 3805 note), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I determined to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2.8, and 3.2.9, and the schedule of reductions with respect to Bahrain set forth in Annex 2-B of the USBFTA. In order to ensure the continuation of such staged reductions in rates of duty for originating goods under tariff cat- egories that are being modified to reflect the amendments to the Conven- tion, I have determined that additional modifications to the HTS are nec- essary or appropriate to carry out the duty reductions previously pro- claimed. 18. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the "Trade Act") (\1779 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the sub- stance of the 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. Section 1206(c) of the 1988 Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3006(c)), provides that any modifications proclaimed by the President under section \177206(a) of that Act may not take effect before the thirtieth day after the date on which the text of the proclamation is published in the Federal Register. 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 l102 and 1206 of the 1988 Act, section 214 of the CBERA, section 20\177 of the NAFTA Implementation Act, section \177l\177 of the URAA, section \1770\177 of the JFTA Act, section 20\177 of the USSFTA Act, section 201 of the USCFTA Act, sections 20\177 and 203 of the USAFTA Act, section 20\177 of the USMFTA Act, section 20\177 of the CAFTA-DR Act, section 20\177 of the USBFTA Act, and section 604 of the Trade Act do proclaim that: (1) In order to modify the HTS to conform it to the Convention or any amendment thereto recommended for adoption, to promote the uniform ap- plication of the Convention, to establish additional subordinate tariff cat- egories, and to make technical and conforming changes to existing provi- sions, the HTS is modified as set forth in Annex I of Publication 3898 of the United States International Trade Commission, entitled, "Modif}'cations to the Harmonized Tariff' Schedule of the United States Under Section 1206 203
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