113 STAT, 2158
PROCLAMATION 7235—OCT. 7, 1999
outnumbered and defeated them, and Pulaski himself was forced into
exile. But soon the young soldier answered another call for freedom—
this time on behalf of the fledgling United States of America. He distinguished himself in his first military engagement in our War for Independence, and the Continental Congress immediately commissioned
him as a brigadier general and assigned him to command the cavalry
of the Continental Army. Fighting with characteristic valor and distinction. General Pulaski was killed during the Battle of Savannah and
earned an enduring place in our Nation's history.
As we honor Casimir Pulaski this year, we give thanks that for the first
time, Poles and Americans can proudly observe the anniverseiry of
General Pulaski's death as NATO allies. In the yeeirs to come, both our
peoples will continue to draw strength from the memory of Casimir
Pulaski and from the courage and sacrifice of so meiny Poles and Polish
Americans who have helped ensure the freedom, peace, and prosperity
our two countries enjoy today.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Monday,
October 11, 1999, as General Pulaski Memorial Day. I encourage all
Americans to commemorate this occasion with appropriate programs
and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day
of October, in the yeai of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-nine,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Proclamation 7235 of October 7, 1999
To Delegate Authority for the Administration of the
Tari£F-Rate Quotas on Sugar-Containing Products and
Other Agricultural Products to the United States Trade
Representative and the Secretary of Agriculture
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On April 15, 1994, the President entered into trade agreements resulting from the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
("Uruguay Round Agreements"). As part of those agreements, the
United States converted quotas on imports of beef, cotton, dairy products, peanuts, peanut butter and peanut paste, sugar, and sugar-containing products (as defined in additional U.S. notes 2 and 3 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) into tariff-rate
quotas. In section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the
"URAA") (Public Law 103-65; 108 Stat. 4809), Congress approved the
Uruguay Round Agreements listed in section 101(d) of that Act, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.
2. On December 23, 1994, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 6763, implementing the Uruguay Round Agreements consistent
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