An Act to provide for the implementation of the Agreement Concerning Automotive Products between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada, and for other purposes
PL 89-283 (H.R.9042), enacted 10/21/1965

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[79 STAT. 
SEC. 4. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Effective date. 
gjjo. 5. This Act shall become effective on the first day of the first 
pay period which begins not less than thirty days after approval of 
this Act. 
Approved October 21, 1965. 
Public Law 89-283 
October 21, 1965 
A N 
A C T 
[H. R. 9042] 
To provide for the implementation of the Agreement Concerning Automotive 
Products Between the Govenmient of the United States of America and the 
Government of Canada, and for other purposes. 
Act of 1965. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
producTs Trade 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ 
TITLE I—SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 101. This Act may be cited as the "Automotive Products 
Trade Act of 1965". 
PURPOSES 
SEO. 102. The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to provide for the implementation of the Agreement Con-
cerning Automotive Products Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of Canada signed 
on January 16,1965 (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), 
in order to strengthen the economic relations and expand trade 
in automotive products between the United States and Canada; 
and 
(2) to authorize the implementation of such other international 
agreements providing for the mutual reduction or elimination of 
duties applicable to automotive products as the Government of 
the United States may hereafter enter into. 
TITLE II—BASIC AUTHORITIES 
IMPLEMENTATION OF T H E AGREEMENT 
19 u s e 120 2. 
SEC. 201. (a) The President is authorized to proclaim the modifica-
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tious of the Tariff Schedules of the United States provided for in 
title IV of this Act. 
(b) At any time after the issuance of the proclamation authorized 
by subsection (a), the President is authorized to proclaim further 
modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide 
for the duty-free treatment of any Canadian article which is original 
motor-vehicle equipment (as defined by such Schedules as modified 
pursuant to subsection (a)) if he determines that the importation of 
such article is actually or potentially of commercial significance and 
that such duty-free treatment is required to carry out the Agreement. 
IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 202. (a) Whenever, after determining that such an agreement 
will afford mutual trade benefits, the President enters into an agree-
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ment with the government of a country providing for the mutual 
elimination of the duties applicable to products of their respective 
countries which are motor vehicles and fabricated 
components 
intended for use as original equipment in the manufacture of such 
vehicles, the President (in accordance with subsection (d)) is au-
thorized to proclaim such modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the 
United States as he determines to be required to carry out such 
agreement. 
(b) Whenever, after liaviug entered into an agreement with the 
government of a countrj^ providing for the mutual elimination of the 
duties applicable to products described in subsection (a), the Presi-
dent, after determining that such further agreement will afford 
mutual trade benefits, enters into a further agreement with such gov-
ernment providing for the mutual reduction or elimination of the 
duties applicable to automotive products other than motor vehicles 
and fabricated components intended for use as original equipment in 
the manufacture of such vehicles, the President (in accordance with 
subsection (d)) is authorized to prm-laim such modifications of the 
Tariff Schedules of the United Stat-es as he determines to be required 
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to cany out such further agreement. 
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(c) Before the Pi-esident enters into the negotiation of an agree-
ment referred to in subsection (a) or (b), he shall— 
(1) seek the advice of the Tariff (Commission as to the probable 
economic effect of the reduction or elimination of duties on indus-
tries producing articles like or directly com[)etitive with those 
which may be covered by such agreement; 
(2) give reasonable public notice of his intention to negotiate 
publication in 
such agreement (which notice shall be published in the Federal ^^"^^^^^ Register. 
Register) in order that any interested person may have an oppor-
tunity to present his views to such agency as the President shall 
designate, under such rules and regulations as the President may 
prescribe; and 
(3) seek information and advice with respect to such agree-
ment from (he Departments of (\)mmerce, Labor, State, and the 
Treasury, and from such other sources as lie may deem 
appropriate. 
(d)(1) The President shall transmit to each House of the Congress 
Agreements, 
a copy of each agreement referred to in subsection (a) or (b). 
The congress". 
delivery to both Houses shall be on the same day and shall be made to 
each House while it is in session. 
(2) The President is authorized to issue any prochnnation to carry 
proclamation. 
out. any such agreement— 
(A) only after tlie expii-ation of the (>0-day period following 
(he date of delivery, 
(B) only if, between the date of delivery and the expiration 
of such 60-day period, the Congress has not adopted a concurrent 
resolution stating in substance that the Senate and House of 
Representatives disapprove of the agreement, and 
(C) in the case of any agreement referred to in subsection (b) 
with any country, only if there is in eft'ect a proclamation imple-
menting an agreement with such country ap})licable to products 
described in subsection (a). 
(3) For purposes of paragi'aph (2), in the computation of the 
60-day period there shall be excluded the days on which either House 
is not in session because of adjournment of more than 3 days to a day 
certain or an adjournment of the Congress sine die. 
(e) This section shall cease to be in effect on tlie day a ftei' the date ^ Termination 
of the enactment of this Act. 
49-850 0-66—67 
date. 
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EFFKCTlAl': DATE OF i'KlKLAMATIOXS 
SEC. 203. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the President is authorized, 
notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C, sec. 
46 Stat, 734. 
1514) Q
F any other provision of law, to give retroactive effect to any 
proclamation issued pursuant to section 201 of this Act as of the 
earliest date afier Januaiy 17. 1965, which he determines to be 
practicable. 
(b) In the case of liquidated customs entries, the retroactive effect 
pursuant to subsection (a) of any proclamation shall apply only upon 
request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned on or before 
the 90th day after the date of such proclamation and subject to such 
other conditions as the President may specify. 
TERMINATION OF PROCLAMATIONS 
SEC. 204. The President is authorized at any time to terminate, in 
whole or in part, any proclamation issued pursuant to section 201 or 
202 of this Act. 
SPECIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 205. (a) No later than August 31, 1968, the President shall 
submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a special report 
on the comprehensive review called for by Article IV(c) of the 
Agreement. In such report he shall advise the Congress of the progress 
made toward the achievement of the objectives of Article I of the 
Agreement. 
(b) Whenever the President finds that any manufacturer has 
entered into any undertaking, by reason of governmental action, to 
increase the Canadian value added of automobiles, buses, specified 
commercial vehicles, or original equipment parts produced by such 
manufacturer in Canada after August 31, 1968, he shall report such 
finding to the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Presi-
dent shall also report whether such undertaking is additional to 
undertakings agreed to in letters of undertaking submitted by such 
manufacturer before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) The reports provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section shall include recommendations for such further steps, includ-
ing legislative action, if any, as may be necessary for the achievement 
of the purposes of the Agreement and this Act. 
TITLE III—TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER 
ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE 
GENERAL AUTHORITY 
SEC. 301. Subject to section 302 of this Act, a petition may be filed 
for tariff adjustment or for a determination of eligibility to apply for 
adjustment assistance under title I I I of the Trade Expansion Act of 
76 Stat, 883. 
^gQ^ (19 U.S.C, sec. 1901-1991) as though the reduction or elimination 
of a duty proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 201 or 202 
of this Act were a concession granted under a trade agreement referred 
to in section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. 
SPECIAL AUTHORITY DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UNDER T H E AGREEMENT 
^^Adjustment 
gj,c. 302. (a) After the 90th day after the date of the enactment of 
biiity*petuion'.^^^ 
^^^^ ^^t and before July 1, 1968, a petition under section 301 of this 
Act for a determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assist-
ance may be filed with the President by— 
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(1) a firm which produces an automotive product, or its rep-
resentative; or 
(2) a group of workers in a firm which produces an auto-
motive product, or their certified or recognized union or other 
dulv authorized representative. 
(b) After a petition is filed by a firm or group of workers under de^lminauon^ 
subsection (a), the President shall determine whether— 
(1) dislocation of the firm or group of workers has occurred 
or threatens to occur; 
(2) production in the United States of the automotive product 
concerned produced by the firm, or an appropriate subdivision 
thereof, and of the automotive product like or directly competitive 
therewith, has decreased appreciably; and 
(3) (A) imports into the United States from Canada of the 
Canadian automotive produdt like or directly competitive with 
that produced by the firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof, 
have increased appreciably; or 
(B) exports from the United States to Canada of the United 
States automotive product concerned produced by the firm, or 
an appropriate subdivision thereof, and of the United States 
automotive product like or directly competitive therewith, have 
decreased appreciably, and the decrease in such exports is greater 
than the decrease, if any, in production in Canada of the Canadian 
automotive product like or directly competitive with the United 
States automotive product being exported. 
(c) If the President makes an affirmative determination under para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b), with respect to a firm or 
group of workers, he shall promptly certify that as a result of its 
dislocation the firm or group of workers is eligible to apply for adjust-
ment assistance, unless the President determines that the operation 
of the Agreement has not been the primary factor in causing or threat-
ening to cause dislocation of the firm or group of workers. 
(d) If the President makes an affirmative determination under 
paragraph (1) but a negative determination under paragraph (2) or 
(3) of subsection (b), with respect to a firm or group of workers, the 
President shall determine whether the operation of the Agreement 
has nevertheless been the primary factor in causing or threatening to 
cause dislocation of the firm or group of workers. If the President 
makes such an affirmative determination, he shall promptly certify 
that as a result of its dislocation the firm or group of workers is eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance. 
(e) (1) In order to provide the President with a factual record on 
Jnvestigation 
the basis of which he may make the determinations referred to in fariff^fommL-
subsections (b), (c), and (d) with respect to a firm or a group of ^^°"-
workers, the President shall promptly transmit to the Tariff Commis-
sion a copy of each petition filed under subsection (a) and, not later 
than 5 days after the date on which the petition is filed, shall request 
the Tariff Commission to conduct an investigation related to questions 
of fact relevant to such determinations and to make a report of the 
facts disclosed by such investigation. 
In his request, the President 
may specify the particular kinds of data which he deems appropriate. 
Upon receipt of the President's request, the Tariff Commission shall 
publication in 
promptly institute the investigation and promptly publish notice 
^ ^'^ eguster. 
thereof in the Federal Register. 
(2) In the course of each investigation conducted under paragraph 
public hearings. 
(1), the Tariff Commission shall, after reasonable notice, hold a public 
hearing, if such hearing is requested (not later than 10 days after the 
date of the publication of its notice under paragraph (1)) by the 
petitioner or any other person showing a proper interest in the subject 
matter of the investigation, and shall afford interested persons an 
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Report to 
President. 
Final deter, 
mination; supple-
mental report. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
76 Stat. 885. 
t9USC 19 11-
19 78. 
Tax assistance. 
19 u s e 19 17 
and note. 
opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard at 
such hearing. 
(3) Not later than 50 days aft^er the date on which it receives the 
request of the President under paragraph (1), the Tariff Commission 
shall transmit to the President a report of the facts disclosed by its 
investigation, together with the transcript of the hearing and any 
briefs which may have been submitted in connection with such 
investigation. 
(f)(1) The President shall make each final determination under 
subsection (b), (c), or (d) with respect to a firm or group of workers 
only after he has sought advice from the Departments of Commerce, 
Labor, and the Treasury, the Small Business Administration, and 
such other aijencies as he may deem appropriate. 
(2) The President shall make each such final determination not 
later than 15 days after the date on which he receives the Tariff 
Commission's report, unless, within such period, the President requests 
additional factual information from the Tariff Commission. In this 
event, the Tariff Commission shall, not later than 25 days after the 
date on which it receives the President's request, furnish such addi-
tional factual information in a supplemental report, and the Presi-
dent shall make his final determination not later than 10 days after 
the date on which he receives such supplemental report. 
(3) The President shall promptly publish in the Federal Register 
a summary of each final determination under this section. 
(g) Any certification with respect to a group of workei'S made by 
the President under this section shall— 
(1) specify the date on which the dislocation began or 
threatens to begin; and 
(2) be terminated by the President whenever he determines 
that the operation of the xVgreement is no longer the primary 
facitor in causing separations from the firm or subdivision thereof, 
in which case such determination shall apply only with respect 
to separations occurring after the termination date specified 
by the President. 
(h) Any certification with respect to a firm or a group of workers 
or any termination of such (certification, including the specification 
of a date in such certification or termination, made l^y the President 
under this section shall constitute a certification or termination, in-
cluding the s})ecification of a date therein, under section 302 of the 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (ID I'.S.C., sec. 1902) for purposes of 
cliapter 2 or 3 of title I I I of that Act. 
(i) If a firm which has been certified under this section applies 
for tax assistance as provided by section 317 of the Trade Expansion 
Act of 1962, the reference in subsection (a) (2) of such section 317 
to a trade or business which was seriously injured by increased imports 
which the Tariff Commission has determined to result from concessions 
granted under trade agreements shall be treated as referring to a trade 
or business which was seriously injured by the operation of the 
Agreement. 
(j) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 3 of title I I I of the 
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 or of this title, applications based on 
any certification made by the President under this section for— 
(1) trade reatljustment allowances for weeks of unemployment 
beginning after January 17, 1965, and before the 90th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(2) relocation allowances for relocations occurring after Janu-
ary 17,1965, and Ix'fore such 90th day, 
shall be determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Labor. 
Definitions 
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(k) The President is authorized to exercise any of his functions 
under this section through such agency or other instrumentality of 
the United States Government as he may direct and in conformity 
with siirh rules «^r reindations as lie may prescribe. 
(1) For purposes of this section— 
(1) The term "automotive product" means a motor vehicle 
or a fabricated component to oe used as original equipment in 
the manufacture of motor vehicles. 
(2) The term "dislocation" means— 
(A) in the case of a firm, injury to ihe firm, which may 
be evidenced by such conditions as idling of productive facili-
ties, inability to operate at a level of reasonable profit, or 
unemployment or underemployment, and which is of a seri-
ous nature; and 
(B) in the case of a group of workers, luiemployment 
or underemployment of a significant numl>er or proportion 
of the workers of a firm or an appropriate subdivision thereof. 
(3) The term "firm" includes an individual proprietorship, 
partnership, joint venture, association, corporation (including a 
development corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustees 
in bankruptcy, and receivers under decree of any court. A firm, 
together with any predecessor, successor, or affiliated firm con-
trolled or substantially beneficially owned by substantially the 
same persons, may be considered a single firm where necessary to 
prevent unjustifiable benefits. 
(4) The term "operation of the Agreement" includes govern-
mental or private actions in the United States or Canada directly 
related to the conclusion or implementation of the Agreement. 
ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE REl^MED TO OTHER AGRh:EMENTS 
SEC. 303. At the time the Pi'esident transmits to the Congress a 
copy of any agreement pursuant to section 202(d) (1), he shall recom-
mend to the Congress such legislative provisions concerning adjust-
ment assistance to firms and workers a*i he determines to be appropriate 
in light of the anticipated economic impact of the reduction or elimi-
nation of duties provided for by such agreement. 
AUTHORIZA'ITOX OF APl'ROPKTA'nONS 
8E(X 304. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary from time to time to carrj^ out the provisions of 
this title, which sums are authoi'ized to ]>e a})pro])riated to remain 
available initil expended. 
TITLE IV—MODIFICATIONS OF TAKIFF SCHEDULES OF 
T H E UNITED STATES 
ENTRY INTO FORCE AND STA'Jl S (tF MODJFK ATIOXS 
SEC. 401. (a) The modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the 
Unitetl States provided for in this title shall not enter into force 
!!^„!*^\„1 
except as proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 201(a) of 
" "'^ 
" 
this Act. 
(b) The rates of duty in colunni iiuml)ered 1 of the Tariff 
Schedules of the Ignited States which are modified pursuant to 
section 201 (a) of this Act shall l)e treated— 
(1) as not having the status of sltatutory pi-ovlsions enacted 
by the Congress, but 
(2) as having been proclaimed fjy the Pi-esident as being re-
(juii-ed to carry out a frireign trade agi-eement to which the 
Unit#>d Stiites is a party. 
19 u s e 1202. 
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REFERENCES TO TARTTF SCHEDULES 
SEC. 402. Whenever in this title a modification is expressed in terms 
of a modification of an item or other provision, the reference shall be 
considered to be made to an item or other provision of the Tariff 
Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C., sec. 1202). Each page 
reference "(p. 
) " in this title refers to the page on which the item 
or jprovision referred to appears both in part I I of the Federal 
Register for August 17, 1963, and in volume 77A of the United States 
Statutes at Large. 
DEFINITION OF CANADIAN ARTICLE 
SEC. 403. In general headnote 3 (pp. 11 and 12) redesignate para-
graphs (d), (e), and (f) as paragraphs (e), (f), and (g), respec-
tively, and insert a new paragraph (d) as follows: 
"(d) Products of Canada. 
"(i) Products of Canada imported into the customs territory 
of the United States, w^hether imported directly or indirectly, are 
subject to the rates of duty set forth in column numbered 1 of the 
schedules. The rates of duty for a Canadian article, as defined in 
subdivision (d) (ii) of this headnote, apply only as shown in the 
said column numbered 1. 
"(ii) The term 'Canadian article', as used in the schedules, 
means an article which is the product of Canada, but does not 
include any article produced with the use of materials imported 
into Canada which are products of any foreign country (except 
materials produced within the customs territory of the United 
States), if the aggregate value of such imported materials when 
landed at the Canadian port of entry (that is, the actual purchase 
price, or, if not purchased, the export value, of such materials, 
plus, if not included therein, the cost of transporting such mate-
rials to Canada but exclusive of any landing cost and Canadian 
duty) was— 
"(A) with regard to any motor vehicle or automobile 
truck tractor entered on or before December 31, 1967, more 
than 60 percent of the appraised value of the article imported 
into the customs territory of the United States; and 
"(B) with regard to any other article (including any 
motor vehicle or automobile truck tractor entered after 
December 31, 1967), more than 50 percent of the appraised 
value of the article imported into the customs territory of 
the United States." 
DEFINITION 
o r 
ORIGINAL MOTOR-VEHICLE 
E Q U I P M E N T 
SEC. 404. In the headnotes for subpart B, part 6, schedule 6 add 
after headnote 1 (p. 325) the following new headnote: 
"2. Motor Vehicles and Original Equipment Therefor of Canadian 
Origin.— (a) The term 'original motor-vehicle equipment', as used in 
the schedules with reference to a Canadian article (as defined by gen-
eral headnote 3(d)), means such a Canadian article which has been 
obtained from a supplier in Canada under or pursuant to a written 
order, contract, or letter of intent of a bona fide mot or-vehicle manu-
facturer in the United States, and which is a fabricated component 
intended for upe as original equipment in the manufacture in the 
TTnited States of a motor vehicle, but the term does not include trailers 
or articles to be used in their manufacture. 
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"(b) The term 'motor vehicle', as used in this headnote, means a 
motor vehicle of a kind described in item 692.05 or 692.10 of this 
subpart (excluding an electric trolley bus and a three-wheeled vehicle) 
or an automobile truck tractor. 
"(c) The term 'bona fide motor-vehicle manufacturer', as used in 
this headnote, means a person who, upon application to the Secretary 
of Commerce, is determined by the Secretary to have produced no 
fewer than 15 complete motor vehicles in the United States during the 
previous 12 months, and to have installed capacity in the United States 
to produce 10 or more complete motor vehicles per 40-hour week. 
The Secretary of Commerce shall maintain, and publish from time to 
time in the Federal Register, a list of the names and addresses of bona 
fide motor-vehicle manufacturers. 
"(d) If any Canadian article accorded the status of original motor-
vehicle equipment is not so used in the manufacture in the United 
States of motor vehicles, such Canadian article or its value (to be 
recovered from the importer or other person who diverted the article 
from its intended use as original motor-vehicle equipment) shall be 
subject to forfeiture, unless at the time of the diversion of the Cana-
dian article the United States Customs Service is notified in writing, 
and, pursuant to arrangements made with the Service— 
"(i) the Canadian article is, under customs supervision, 
destroyed or exported, or 
"(ii) duty is paid to the United States Government in an 
amount equal to the duty which would have been payable at the 
time of entry if the Canadian article had not been entered as 
original motor-vehicle equipment," 
"Motor vehicle." 
77A Stat. 325. 
19 u s e 1202. 
"Bona fide 
mot or-vehicle 
manufacturer." 
Publication in 
Federal Register, 
IDENTIETCATION^ OP AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS 
SEC. 405. (a) Redesignate item 692.25 (p. 326) as 692.27; in head-
note 1(b) of subpart B, part 6, schedule 6 (p. 325) substitute "item 
692.27" in lieu of "item 692.25"; and insert in proper numerical 
sequence new items as follows: 
692.06 
692.11 
692.21 
692.23 
692.25 
692.28 
If Canadian article, but not including any 
electric trolley bus, three-wheeled vehicle, 
or trailer accompanying an automobile 
truck tractor (see general headnote 3(d))... 
If Canadian article, but not including any 
three-wheeled vehicle (see general head-
note 3(d)) 
Chassis, if Canadian article, except 
chassis for an electric trolley bus, or a 
three-wheeled vehicle; bodies (includ-
ing cabs), if Canadian article and 
original motor-vehicle equipment (see 
headnote 2 of this subpart) 
Chassis, if Canadian article, except chas-
sis designed primarily for a vehicle de-
scribed in item 692.15 or a three-wheeled 
vehicle; bodies (including cabs), if 
Canadian article and original motor-
vehicle equipment (see headnote 2 of 
this subpart) 
If Canadian article and original motor-
vehicle equipment (see headnote 2 of 
this subpart) 
Automobile truck tractors, if Canadian 
article; other articles, if Canadian ar-
ticle and original motor-vehicle equip-
ment (see headnote 2 of this subpart)... 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
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(b) Insert in proper numerical sequence new items as foUow; 
361,90 
516.98 
646,79 
652,39 
658,10 
682.65 
68fi.55 
721. 20 
Any article described in the foregoing items 360.20 to 
360.70, inclusive, 360.80,361.80, or 361.85, if Canadian 
article and original motor-veiiicle equipment (see 
headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 6) 
Any article described in the foregoing items 516.71 to 
516.76, inclusive, or 516.94, if Canadian article and 
original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, 
part eB, schedule 6) 
Any article described in the foregoing item 646.20 and 
items 646.40 to 646.78, inclusive (except 646.45 and 
646.47), if Canadian article and original motor-ve-
hicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 
6) 
Any article described in the foregoing items 652.12 to 
652.38, inclusive, if Canadian article and original 
motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, 
schedule 6) 
Any article described in the foregoing items 657.09 to 
658.00, inclusive, if Canadian article and original 
motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, 
schedule 6) 
Any article described in the fdtegoing items 682.10 to 
682.60, inclusive (except 682.50), if Canadian article 
and original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 
2, part 6B, schedule 6) 
Any article described in the foregoing items 685.20 to 
685.50, inclusive, if Canadian article and original 
motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, 
schedule 6)., 
Any article in the foregoing items covering clocks, 
clock movements, clock cases and dials and parts 
thereof, plates (720.67), assemblies and subassem-
blies for clock movements, and other parts for clock 
movements, if Canadian article and original motor-
vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, sched-
ule 6) 
, 
Free 
Freo 
Fret! 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Frw, 
Fre^i 
(c) Inseii in proper numerical sequence new items 355.1^7, 389.80, 
728.30, 745.80, and 774.70, eacli having an article description and rate 
as follows: 
Any article described in the foregoing provisions of 
this subpart, if C'anadian article and original motor-
vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, sched-
ule 6) 
Frw 
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941, 943 
(d) Redesignate item 613.16 as 613.18, item 652.85 as 652.84, item 
" A stat. 2 78. 
652.87 as 652.88, item 680.34 as 680.33, item 680.58 as 680.60, item 
^"f«' P- 94O, 
680.59 as 680.70, item 680.60 as 680.90, and item 711.91 as 711.93; and "'' 
insert in proper numerical sequence new items as follows: 
207.01 
652.89 
683.11 
220.46 
660.43 
683.16 
357.91 
660.45 
683.61 
357.96 
660.47 
683.66 
358.03 
660.51 
684.41 
517.82 
660.53 
684.63 
535.15 
660.55 
684.71 
540.72 
660.86 
685.71 
544.18 
660.93 
685.81 
544.32 
660.95 
685.91 
544.42 
661.11 
686.11 
544.52 
661.13 
686.23 
544.55 
661.16 
686.61 
545.62 
661.21 
686.81 
545.64 
661.36 
687.51 
547.16 
661.93 
687.61 
610.81 
661.96 
688.13 
613.16 
662.36 
688.41 
613.19 
662.51 
711.85 
618.48 
664.11 
711.91 
620.47 
678.51 
711.99 
642.21 
680.21 
712.51 
642.86 
680.23 
727.07 
642.88 
680.28 
772.66 
646.93 
680.31 
772.81 
647.02 
680.34 
772.86 
647.06 
680.36 
773.26 
652.10 
680.58 
773.31 
652.76 
680.91 
791.81 
652.85 
682.71 
791.91 
652.87 
682.91 
each such item having the article description "If Canadian article and 
original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 
6) . . . ." subordinate to the immediately preceding article descrip-
tion, and having "Free" in rate of duty column numbered 1. 
TITT.E V — G E N P : R A L PROVISIONS 
AITTHORITIES 
SEC. 501. llie head of any agency perfoniiijig fuiiriioiif^ authorized 
by this Act may— 
(1) authorize the head of any other agency to pei'fonn any of 
such functions; and 
(2) prescribe such rulen and ivgnla(i«ttis a
<
s may })e necessjiry 
tx) perform such functions. 
ANNUALi REPORT 
SEC. 502. ITie President shall submit to tlie Cojigivss an amiual 
report on the implementation of this Act. 
Such report shall include 
information regarding new negotiations, reductions or eliminations of 
duties, reciprocal concessions obtained, and other information relating 
to activitias under this Act. 
Such repoit shall also include informa-
tion providing an evaluation of the ^Vgreement and this Act in relation 
to the total national interest, antl specifically shall include, to the 
extent practicable, information with respect tf>— 
(1) the production of motor vehicles and niotoj- vehicle jjarts 
in tJie United State,s and Canada, 
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[79 STAT. 
(2) the retaiJ pri(;es of motor veliicles uiui nioior vehiole parts 
in the United Statas and Canada^ 
(3) employinent in the motor vehicle industry and motor 
vehicle parti5 industry in.the United States and Canada, and 
(4) United Stat*is and Canadian trade m motor vehicles and 
motor v^ehicle pai-t^s, particularly tnide l)et\veen the United States 
and Oanada. 
42 Stat. 11; 
72 Stat. 583. 
38 Stat. 730. 
APPLICABrLiry O F A N i n J U M F I N G AND ANTITRUST LAWS 
SEC. 503. Nothing contained in this Act shall he construed to aft'ect 
or moflify the provisions of the Anti-Dumping Act, 1921 (19 U.S.C. 
160-173), or of any of the antitrust laws as designated in section I 
of the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws against unlaw-
ful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes", approved 
October 1.5,1914 (15 U.S.C. 12). 
TITLE VI- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Appropriation. 
.lOlNT OOMMI'lTEE ON REDUCTION OF NONESSENaiAL INDERAL 
EXPENDPrCRES 
SEC. 601. Section 601(e) of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 
726) (relating to the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential 
Federal Expenditures) is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be nec^.ssary to carry out the provisions of this section." 
Approved October 21, 1965. 
October 22, 1965 
[H. R. 9247] 
Public Law 89-284 
AN ACT 
To provide for participation of the United States in the HemisFair 1968 
Exposition to be held at San Antonio, Texas, in 1968, and for other purposes. 
HemisFair 1968 
Exposition. 
U. S. participa-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress 
hereby recognizes the international exposition, HemisFair 1968 (here-
after in this Act referred to as the "exposition"), which is being held 
at San Antonio, Texas, in 1968, as an event designed to enhance the 
existing brotherhood between new world nations, reaffirm common 
ties, increase understanding, and fortify world peace. The purposes 
of such exposition are to— 
(1) honor and display the diversified cultures of Pan America, 
including the history, art, industry, commerce, and economic 
development of each of the nations of the Western Hemisphere, 
their interrelationships and common ties, and the contributions 
to their development from Europe, Asia, and Africa; 
(2) encourage, coincident with the Olympic Games being held 
in Mexico City in 1968, tourist travel in and to the United States, 
stimulate foreign trade, and promote cultural exchanges; and 
(3) commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of 
the founding of historic bilingual San Antonio, "the gateway of 
Latin America". 
SEC. 2. (a) To implement the recognition declared in the first sec-
tion of this Act, the President, through the Secretary of Commerce,