Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 54 Part 2.djvu/783

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2004 50 Stat. 904. 7U.S. C., SBpp.V, 11111-1122. 50 Stat. 903. 7U.S. C., Supp.V, I 1101. Items amended. 49 Stat. 3838 , 3642, 3644. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. Archives, shall be determined without regard to the provisions of the preceding paragraphwhichshall thereafter cease to have any force or effect. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the powers vested in the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America under title II of the Sugar Act of 1937 expire and the President of the United States of America gives public notice that no limitation equivalent to that provided for in title II of the Sugar Act of 1937 on the importation into, or the mar- keting in, the United States of America of sugar originating in the Republic of Cuba has been imposed or provided for by law, the rates of duty on articles enumerated and described in item 501 of this Schedule entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con- sumption on or after the day following the filing of such public notice with the aforesaid Division of Federal Register, shall be determined without regard to the provisions of Column 2 of this Schedule but such rates of duty shall not exceed those in effect on August 24, 1934. If, however, at any time after the issuance of any such public notice, an equivalent limitation is imposed on the importation into, or the marketing in, the United States of America of sugar originainating the Republic of Cuba, the President of the United States of America shall give public notice of such fact and the maximum rates of duty on such articles, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the day following the filing of such public notice with the aforesaid Division of Federal Register, shall again be those set forth in Column 2 of this Schedule, subject to the provisions of this paragraph. The term "sugar" as used in the two preceding paragraphs shall mean "sugar" as defined in Section 101 (c) of the Sugar Act of 1937. 2. Items 601, 603, 605, the note following item 605, and items 771 and 802 of Schedule II of the Agreement of August 24, 1934, are amended to read as follows: Description of Articles Column I Minimum Column 2 preferential Maximum rates of duty. redution Specific rates In United to Ouba States dollars 601 Wrapper tobacco, and filler tobacco when mixed or packed with more than 85 per centum of wrapper tobacco, if unstemmed 601 Filler tobacco, not specially provided for, other than cigarette leaf tobacco: If stemmed If unstemmed 603 Scrap tobacco NOTE: Filler tobacco, not specially provided for, unstemmed or stemmed (other than cigarette leaf tobacco), and scrap tobacco, the growth, produce or manufacture of the Republic of Cuba, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in excess of a total quantity (unstemmed equiva- lent) of 22,000,000 pounds in any calendar year after 1939, shall be subject to duty as though such articles were not enumerated and described in this Schedule, but the rates of duty thereon shal not exceed 20% 1. 20 per lb. 20% 0. 25 per lb. 20% 0. 175 per lb. 20% 0.175 per lb. Tariff Actof 1930 Pra- pph