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[78 STAT. 1250]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 1250]

1250 77A Stat. 4 4 1. 19 USC 1202.

67 Stat. C46. 64 Stat. 261.

77A Stat. 442. 19 USC 1202.

76 Stat. 74. 19 USC note prec. 1202. 77 Stat. 1017.

68 Stat. 1136; 76 Stat. 72. 19 USC 1332 note and note prec. 1202.

19 USC 1202.

PROCLAMATION 3597-JULY 7, 1964

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WHEREAS the references to seed rye in headnote 2(d) in part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United Stat66 are obsolete because there arj no current import restrictions imposed on seed rye under section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended; and WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 3019 of June 8, 1953 (3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 189) which was issued pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624), the President imp9sed import (juotas on certain dairy products, subject to allocation and license requirements administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, including an annual aggregate quota of 496,000 pounds upon imports of dried buttermilk, which was also applicable to dried whey; and WHEREAS item 950.01 in part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States includes dried buttermilk but does not include dried whey as being subject to the aforementioned annual quota of 496,000 pounds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 102(3) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, the President proclaimed the additional import restrictions set forth in part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (Proclamation No. 3548 of August 21, 1963, paragraph numbered 3; 3 CFR, 1963 Supp., p. 73) in the erroneous belief that the quota specified in item 950.01 for dried buttermilk was the effective restriction "proclaimed pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act" as provided in section 102(3) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962; and WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has advised me that in the preparation of part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States pursuant to title I of Public Law 768, 83d Congress, and the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, it inadvertently overlooked the fact that the aforementioned quota provisions of Proclamation No. 3019 applied to dried whey as well as to dried buttermilk; and WHEREAS it would be contrary to the intent and purpose of, and the procedures prescribed by, section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, and the Tariff Classification Act of 1962 to permit these errors to remain uncorrected: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President, and in conformity with the provisions of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, and the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, do hereby proclaim that— (a) headnote 2(d) of part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (77A Stat. 441) is hereby amended by deleting "seed rye or" from the first line thereof and "of 56 pounds each for rye and" from the seventh line thereof; and (b) the superior heading immediately preceding item 950.01 of part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (77A Stat. 442) is hereby amended to read as follows: "Dried milk, dried cream, and dried whey provided for in part 4 of schedule 1:"; and the article description for item 950.01 is hereby amended by deleting "item 115.45" and inserting in lieu thereof "items 115.45 and 118.05". I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.