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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) intro-
duced 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CARICOM Market Ac-
cess Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) The term ‘‘action to reduce exports of a
United States agricultural article’’ means the impo-
sition of a tariff or quantitative restriction, or the
taking of any other action, by the Government of a
CARICOM country (whether through a govern-
mental agency or by an organization acting under
governmental authority) that results in the annual
quantity of a United States agricultural article that
is exported to such country being reduced to an
amount that is less than the average annual quan-
tity of such United States agricultural article that
was exported to such country during United States
marketing years 1988, 1989, and 1990.
(2) The term ‘‘CARICOM country’’ means any
country that is a member of the Caribbean Common
Market (CARICOM) which currently includes the
following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Ba-
hamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenads, Guy-
ana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Trinidad and Tobago.
(3) The term ‘‘United States agricultural arti-
cle’’ means any agricultural commodity or product
thereof that is the growth or manufacture of the
United States.
SEC. 3. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT
ACTION.
(a) DETERMINATION.—If the President determines
that the Government of any CARICOM country has taken,
or is taking, action to reduce exports of a United States
agricultural article, the President shall—
(1) notify that Government and the Committee
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Agriculture of the Senate of the
determination and the reasons for the determination;
and
(2) cause notice of the determination and the
reasons therefore to be published in the Federal
Register together with a statement of intent to take
action under subsection (b).
(b) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—If the Government of
a CARICOM country that has been notified under sub-
section (a)(1) does not, before the 60th day after the date
of publication of notice in the Federal Register under sub-
section (a)(2), take action that, in the judgment of the
President, will promptly terminate the action covered by
the notification, the President by proclamation shall—
(1) notwithstanding any provision of the Carib-
bean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701
et seq.), terminate the designation of that country as
a beneficiary country under that Act; and
(2) notwithstanding any provision of title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.; re-
lating to the generalized system of preferences) ter-
minate the designation of that country as a bene-
ficiary developing country under that title.
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