123STA T . 3 604PROCL A M AT I O N8 341 —J AN. 16 , 200 9andPeruto t h e lis tin A nne x3-B o f the A g ree m ent in a restri c ted or unrestricted q uantit y; to eliminate a restriction on the quantity of a fa b - ric , yarn, or fiber w ithin 6 months after adding the fabric, yarn, or fiber to the list in Annex 3-B of the Agreement in a restricted quantity; and to restrict the quantity of, or remo v e from the list in Annex 3-B of the Agreement, certain fabrics, yarns, or fibers .8 . S ection 20 8ofthe I m p lementation Act authori z es the President to ta k e certain enforcement actions relating to trade with Peru in textile and apparel goods. 9 . Subtitle B of title III of the Implementation Act authorizes the Presi- dent to take certain actions in response to a request by an interested party for relief from serious damage or actual threat thereof to a domes- tic industry producing certain textile or apparel articles. 1 0. E xecutive O rder 116 5 1of M arch 3, 19 7 2, as amended, established the C ommittee for the Implementation of T extile Agreements ( CITA ) , consisting of representatives of the D epartments of State, the Treasury, Commerce, and L abor, and the Office of the U nited States Trade R ep- resentative, with the representative of the Department of Commerce as Chairman, to supervise the implementation of textile trade agreements. Consistent with section 301 of title 3, United States Code, when car- rying out functions vested in the President by statute and assigned by the President to CITA, the officials collectively exercising those func- tions are all to be officers required to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. 11. Presidential Proclamation 7971 of December 22, 2005, implemented the United States-Morocco F ree Trade Agreement (USMFTA). The proclamation implemented, pursuant to section 201 of the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ‘ ‘USMFTA Act ’ ’) (Public Law 108 – 302, 118 Stat. 1103) (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 certain provisions of the USMFTA, including Articles 2.5 and 2.6. The proclamation inadvert- ently omitted two modifications to the H TS necessary to carry out the provisions of Articles 2.5 and 2.6 of the USMFTA. I have determined that technical corrections to the HTS are necessary to provide the in- tended tariff treatment under Articles 2.5 and 2.6 of the USMFTA. 12. Presidential Proclamation 8039 of J uly 27, 2006, implemented the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (USBFTA). The proclama- tion implemented, pursuant to section 201 of the United State-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ‘‘USBFTA Act’’) (Pub- lic Law 109–169, 119 Stat. 3581), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I determined to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply certain provisions of the USBFTA, including Articles 2.5 and 2.6. The proclamation inadvertently omitted two modifications to the HTS nec- essary to carry out the provisions of Articles 2.5 and 2.6 of the USBFTA. I have determined that technical corrections to the HTS are necessary to provide the intended tariff treatment under Articles 2.5 and 2.6 of the USBFTA. 13. Presidential Proclamation 8331 of December 23, 2008, implemented the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) for trade with Costa Rica. The proclamation implemented, pursuant to section 201 of the Dominican Republic-Cen- tral America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
