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[83 STAT. 915]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1969
[83 STAT. 915]

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PROCLAMATION 3884-JAN. 6, 1969

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Proclamation 3884 PROCLAMATION AMENDING PART 3 OF THE APPENDIX TO THE TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPORTATION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES By the President of the United States of America

January e. 1969

A Proclamation

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624), limitations have been imposed ^'* ^*^** 2^'by Presidential proclamations on the quantities of certain dairy products which may be imported into the United States in any quota year; and WHEREAS, in accordance with section 102(3) of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, the President by Proclamation No. 3548 of J^ us^c p^'rtc. August 21, 1963, proclaimed the additional import restrictions set 1202 note, forth in part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United ^ ^*^*- ^°^'Gfqfpq-nnH

77A Stat. 441.

states, ana 19 USC 1202. WHEREAS the import restrictions on certain dairy products set forth in part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States as proclaimed by Proclamation No. 3548 have been amended by Proclamation No. 3558 of October 5, 1963, Proclamation No. 3562 of ^7 Stat. 1028. November 26, 1963, Proclamation No. 3597 of July 7, 1964, section 88 H HH] J^^^. of the Tariff Schedules Technical Amendments Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 950), Proclamation No. 3709 of March 31, 1966, Proclamation No. 3790 ^ st^t. 1767. of June 30, 1967, Proclamation No. 3822 of December 16, 1967, Proc- note, lamation No. 3856 of June 10, 1968, and Proclamation No. 3870 of si Stat. 1110. September 24, 1968; and 82 stat! lese! WHEREAS, pursuant to said section 22, the Secretary of Agriculture advised me there was reason to believe that the articles, for which import restrictions are hereinafter proclaimed, continued in effect, or modified, are being imported, and are practically certain to be imported, under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with the price support programs now conducted by the Department of Agriculture for milk and butterfat, and to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk and butterfat; and WHEREAS, under the authority of section 22, I have requested the United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation with respect to this matter; and WHEREAS the Secretary of Agriculture further determined and reported to me with respect to certain of these articles that a condition existed which required emergency treatment, and as a result. Presidential Proclamations 3856 and 3870 were issued placing import restrictions upon certain of these articles without awaiting the recommendations of the Tariff Commission, such restrictions to continue in effect pending the report and recommendations of the Tariff Commission and action thereon by the President; and WHEREAS, in compliance with my request the Tariff Commission has made an investigation under the authority of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, with respect to this matter and has reported to me the findings and recommendations of the Commissioners voting; in connection therewith: and