PROCLAMATION 5909—NOV. 18, 1988 103 STAT. 2611 now adding Guyana to the list of beneficiary countries. I have notified the House of Representatives and the Senate of my intention to desig- nate this country and comnumicated to them the considerations enter- ing into my decision. 2. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483) confers author- ity upon the President to embody in the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202] the substance of the relevant provisions of that Act, of other acts affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder. Section 1204(b)(1) of the Omnibus Trade and Com- petitiveness Act of 1988 (Pub. L. No. 100-418) directs the President to proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), as enacted by section 1204 of that Act, as are nec- essary or appropriate to implement the applicable provisions of Execu- tive actions taken after January 1, 1988, and before the effective date of the HTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and the statutes of the United States, including but not limited to sections 211 through 213 of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 1204 of the Omni- bus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, do proclaim that: (1) General headnote 3(e)(vii)(A) to the TSUS, listing those countries designated as beneficiary countries for purposes of the CBERA, is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence "Guyana". (2) General note 3(c)(v)(A) to the HTS, listing those countries designat- ed as beneficiary countries for purposes of the CBERA, is modified by inserting in alphabetical sequence "Guyana". (3)(a) The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this Proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawnfi*omware- house for consumption, on or after November 24, 1988. (b) The amendment made by paragraph (2) of this Proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from ware- house for consumption, on or after January 1, 1989. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty- eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirteentii. RONALD REAGAN Editorial note: For the text of the President's letters to the Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives and the President of the Senate, dated November 18, 1988, on Proclamation 5909. see the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 24, p.l54e).
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