Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/424

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97 STAT. 392 PUBLIC LAW 98-67—AUG. 5, 1983 Recommenda- tion to the President. Notice. Proclamation. 19 USC 2252. 19 USC 2253. " Perishable product. " 19 USC 1202. 19 USC 1202. (A) if the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that a perishable product from a beneficiary country is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing a perishable product like or directly competitive with the imported product and that emer- gency action is warranted, he shall advise the President and recommend that the President take emergency action; or (B) the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish a notice of his determination not to recommend the imposition of emergency action and so advise the petitioner. (3) Within seven days after the President receives a recommenda- tion from the Secretary of Agriculture to take emergency action pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, he shall issue a procla- mation withdrawing the duty-free treatment provided by this title or publish a notice of his determination not to take emergency action. (4) The emergency action provided by paragraph (3) of this subsec- tion shall cease to apply— (A) upon the proclamation of import relief pursuant to section 202(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, (B) on the day the President makes a determination pursuant to section 203(b)(2) of such Act not to impose import relief, (C) in the event of a report of the United States International Trade Commission containing a negative finding, on the day the Commission's report is submitted to the President, or (D) whenever the President determines that because of changed circumstances such relief is no longer warranted. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term "perishable product" means— (A) live plants provided for in subpart A of part 6 of schedule lof the TSUS; (B) fresh or chilled vegetables provided for in items 135.10 through 138.42 of the TSUS; (C) fresh mushrooms provided for in item 144.10 of the TSUS; (D) fresh fruit provided for in items 146.10, 146.20, 146.30, 146.50 through 146.62, 146.90, 146.91, 147.03 through 147.33, 147.50 through 149.21 and 149.50 of the TSUS; (E) fresh cut flowers provided for in items 192.17, 192.18, and 192.21 of the TSUS; and (F) concentrated citrus fruit juice provided for in items 165.25 and 165.35 of the TSUS. (g) No proclamation issued pursuant to this title shall affect fees imposed pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624). SEC. 214. MEASURES FOR PUERTO RICO AND UNITED STATES INSULAR POSSESSIONS. (a) Effective with respect to articles entered on or after the effective date of this Act, general headnote 3(a) of the TSUS is amended— (1) by amending clause (i)— (A) by striking out "50 percent" and inserting in lieu thereof "70 percent", and (B) by inserting after "total value", "(or more than 50 percent of their total value with respect to articles de-