U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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79–011 2000

106th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 106–290

NOTIFICATION TO GRANT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

FOR NIGERIA UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF

PREFERENCES (GSP)

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION OF HIS INTENTION TO GRANT NIGERIA PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER THE GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF

PREFERENCES (GSP), PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 104–188, SEC. 1952(a)

(110 STAT. 1917)

SEPTEMBER 6, 2000.—Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and

ordered to be printed

(1)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, July 27, 2000.

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I hereby transmit a Proclamation in which

I have determined that it is appropriate to grant preferential treatment for Nigeria as a beneficiary developing country under the

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). GSP benefits must be

granted to Nigeria before that nation can receive further trade benefits under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Public Law

106–200).

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

(3)

TO MODIFY DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER THE GENERALIZED

SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

1. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Trade Act of 1974, as

amended (the ‘‘1974 Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2461 and 2462), the President

is authorized to designate countries as beneficiary developing countries for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).

2. Pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 1974 Act, and having

due regard for the eligibility criteria set forth therein, I have determined that it is appropriate to designate Nigeria as a beneficiary

developing country for purposes of the GSP.

3. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. 2483) authorizes the

President to embody in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS) the substance of the relevant 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.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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 title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act,

do proclaim that:

(1) In order to reflect in the HTS the addition of Nigeria as a

beneficiary country under the GSP, general note 4(a) to the HTS

is modified by adding ‘‘Nigeria’’ to the list of independent countries,

effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date of signature of this

proclamation.

(2) Any provisions of previous proclamations and Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the Independence of the United States of America the

two hundred and twenty-fifth.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

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