Proclamations Proc. 8214 6. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS proclaimed pursu- ant to section 202 of the USCFTA Act and section 1206(a) of the 1988 Act are necessary or appropriate to ensure the continuation of tariff and certain other treatment accorded originating goods under tariff categories modified in Proclamation 8097 and to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7746. 7. Presidential Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003, implemented the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) with respect to the United States and, pursuant to section 20\177 of the United States-Singa- pore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "USSFTA Act") (\1779 U.S.C. 3805 note), the staged reductions in rates of duty that I determined necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply articles 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, and 2A2 of the USSFTA and the schedule of reductions with respect to the United States set forth in Annex 2B of the USSFTA. 8. In order to ensure the continuation of the staged reductions in rates of duty for originating goods from Singapore in categories that were modified to conform to the Convention, in Presidential Proclamation 8097, I pro- claimed modifications to the HTS that I determined were necessary or ap- propriate to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747. 9. Singapore is a party to the Convention. Because the substance of the changes to the Convention are reflected in slightly differing form in the na- tional tariff schedules of the parties to the USSFTA, the provisions set out in Annexes 3A and 3B of that Agreement must be changed to ensure that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded under the USSFTA to origi- nating goods will continue to be provided under the tariff categories that were modified in Presidential Proclamation 8097. The USSFTA parties have agreed to make these changes. \1770. Section 202 of the USSFTA Act provides certain rules for determining whether a good is an originating good for the purposes of implementing tar- iff treatment under the USSFTA. Section 202(0) of the USSFTA Act author- izes the President to proclaim the rules of origin set out in the USSFTA and any subordinate tariff categories necessary to carry out the USSFTA, subiect to certain exceptions set out in section 202(o)(2)(A). l\177. I have determined that the modifications to the HTS proclaimed pursu- ant to section 202 of the USSFTA Act are necessary or appropriate to en- sure that the tariff and certain other treatment accorded originating goods under tariff categories modified in Proclamation 8097 and to carry out the duty reductions proclaimed in Proclamation 7747. \1772. Section 604 of the Trade Act of \177974, as amended (the "Trade Act") (\1779 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the sub- stance of the 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. Section 1206(c) of the \177988 Act, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 3006(c)), provides that any modifications proclaimed by the President under section \177206(a) of that Act may not take effect before the thirtieth day after the date on which the text of the proclamation is published in the Federal Register. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution 153
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