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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2951

To provide that member countries of the Caribbean Common Market continue

to provide access for exports of United States agricultural commodities

and products.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. CONDIT, Ms.

LAMBERT, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. STENHOLM, and Mr. HERGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways

and Means

A BILL

To provide that member countries of the Caribbean Common

Market continue to provide access for exports of United

States agricultural commodities and products.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CARICOM Market Ac5 cess Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

7 As used in this Act—
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1 (1) The term ‘‘action to reduce exports of a

2 United States agricultural article’’ means the impo3 sition of a tariff or quantitative restriction, or the

4 taking of any other action, by the Government of a

5 CARICOM country (whether through a govern6 mental agency or by an organization acting under

7 governmental authority) that results in the annual

8 quantity of a United States agricultural article that

9 is exported to such country being reduced to an

10 amount that is less than the average annual quan11 tity of such United States agricultural article that

12 was exported to such country during United States

13 marketing years 1988, 1989, and 1990.

14 (2) The term ‘‘CARICOM country’’ means any

15 country that is a member of the Caribbean Common

16 Market (CARICOM) which currently includes the

17 following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Ba18 hamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenads, Guy19 ana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis,

20 Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,

21 Trinidad and Tobago.

22 (3) The term ‘‘United States agricultural arti23 cle’’ means any agricultural commodity or product

24 thereof that is the growth or manufacture of the

25 United States.
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1 SEC. 3. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT

2 ACTION.

3 (a) DETERMINATION.—If the President determines

4 that the Government of any CARICOM country has taken,

5 or is taking, action to reduce exports of a United States

6 agricultural article, the President shall—

7 (1) notify that Government and the Committee

8 on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and

9 the Committee on Agriculture of the Senate of the

10 determination and the reasons for the determination;

11 and

12 (2) cause notice of the determination and the

13 reasons therefore to be published in the Federal

14 Register together with a statement of intent to take

15 action under subsection (b).

16 (b) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—If the Government of

17 a CARICOM country that has been notified under sub18 section (a)(1) does not, before the 60th day after the date

19 of publication of notice in the Federal Register under sub20 section (a)(2), take action that, in the judgment of the

21 President, will promptly terminate the action covered by

22 the notification, the President by proclamation shall—

23 (1) notwithstanding any provision of the Carib24 bean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701

25 et seq.), terminate the designation of that country as

26 a beneficiary country under that Act; and
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1 (2) notwithstanding any provision of title V of

2 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.; re3 lating to the generalized system of preferences) ter4 minate the designation of that country as a bene5 ficiary developing country under that title.

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