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Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 8114 of March 19, 2007 

To Implement Modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the African Growth and Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

1. Section 5002 of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership 

Encouragement Act of 2006 (Division D, Title V of Public Law 109–432)(the 

‘‘HOPE Act’’), which amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 

(Title II of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, Public Law 106– 

200)(CBERA), provides that preferential tariff treatment may be provided 

to certain articles that are imported directly from Haiti into the customs 

territory of the United States, provided the President determines that Haiti 

meets the eligibility requirements of section 213A(d) of CBERA, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2703a(d)), and Haiti is meeting the conditions regarding enforcement of circumvention set forth in section 213A(e) of CBERA, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2703a(e)(1)). 

2. Section 6002 of the Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 (Division 

D, Title VI of Public Law 109–432) amends section 112 of the African 

Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade and Development Act 

of 2000, Public Law 106–200)(AGOA) to modify the preferential tariff treatment accorded to designated lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. 

3. Pursuant to section 213A(d) of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a(d)), 

I have determined that Haiti meets the eligibility requirements set forth 

in section 213A(d)(1). 

4. Pursuant to section 213A(e) of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a(e)), 

I have determined that Haiti is meeting the conditions set forth therein. 

5. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided under section 213A 

of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a), and section 112(b)(8) and 112(c) 

of AGOA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(8) and (c)), it is necessary to 

modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 

6. Title I, subtitles A and B of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 

2006 (Public Law 109–432)(the ‘‘Tax Relief Act’’) suspended or reduced 

duties on certain articles that were identified under provisions of the HTS 

in effect on December 20, 2006. Presidential Proclamation 8097 of December 

27, 2006, modified the HTS to conform it to the International Convention 

on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. Modifications to the HTS are necessary to reflect accurately the suspension or reduction of duties that were enacted in the Tax Relief Act. 

7. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘1974 Act’’) 

(19 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance 

of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting import treatment, 

and of actions taken thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. 

8. I have determined that it is appropriate to authorize the Secretary of 

the Treasury to perform the functions specified in section 213A(f) of CBERA, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a(f)). 


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NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, 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 section 604 of 

the 1974 Act, and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, do proclaim 

that: 

(1) In order to provide the tariff treatment provided for in section 213A 

of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a), the HTS is modified as provided 

in Annex I to this proclamation. 

(2) In order to implement the tariff treatment provided for in section 112(b)(8) 

and section 112(c) of AGOA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(8) and (c)), 

the HTS is modified as provided in Annex II to this proclamation. 

(3) In order to provide the tariff treatment provided for in Title I, subtitles 

A and B of the Tax Relief Act, and to make technical corrections to previously 

proclaimed provisions, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex III to 

this proclamation. 

(4) The modifications to the HTS set forth in the annexes to this proclamation 

shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the dates set forth in the respective 

annex. 

(5) The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to perform the functions assigned to the President in section 213A(f) of CBERA, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2703a(f)). 

(6) 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 nineteenth day 

of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 

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