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[84 STAT. 2271]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 2271]

84 STAT. ]

PROCLAMATION 4026-DEC. 31, 1970

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WHEREAS, on the basis of such investigation and report, I find and declare that the imposition of the import restrictions hereinafter proclaimed is necessary in order that the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of such articles will not render or tend to render ineffective or materially interfere with the price support program now conducted by the Department of Agriculture for milk and butterfat, or to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk and butterfat; and WHEREAS I find and declare that the allocation of shares of the import quotas proclaimed herein among the countries of origin shall be based upon the proportion of such articles supplied by such countries during the twelve months July 1969 through June 1970, taking due account of any special factors which may have affected or may be affecting the trade in the articles concerned; and WHEREAS it has been determined advisable, in order to carry out the intent of the import restrictions proclaimed pursuant to said section 22 with respect to articles for which licenses are required, that the Sec- j'^jfan^'^^^^' retary of Agriculture be authorized to adjust, within the aggregate quantity of any such article permitted to be entered from all countries during a calendar year, the quantities of any such article which may be entered from particular countries of origin; WHEREAS the Secretary of Commerce has advised me that, due to a processing error, the published figures for the importation during the calendar year 1967 of articles originating in Iceland, on which the import restriction of such articles set forth in item 950.lOD of Part H I of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States was based, understated actual imports from that country for 1967 by 89,000 pounds; and

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WHEREAS, in order to carry out the Presidential intention that such import restriction should be based on the level of imports of such articles from Iceland during the calendar year 1967, the figure in the quota quantity column opposite Iceland in item 950. lOD of Part H I of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States should be corrected by increasing the amount by 89,000 pounds; NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, 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: ^ ^

76 Stat. 72. 19 USC prec.

1. Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States ^^?7^lHl 441. is amended as follows: (a) Headnote 3 (a) is amended as follows: