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[86 STAT. 1643]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 1643]

86 STAT. ]

PROCLAMATION 4138-JUNE 3, 1972

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of Agriculture for milk, or to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk; and WHEREAS, under the authority of said section 22, I requested the 65^stat?V5?^' United States Tariff Commission to make an investigation with respect ^ "sc 624. to this matter; and WHEREAS, the United States Tariff Commission has made an investigation under the authority of said section 22 with respect to this matter and has reported to me its findings and recommendations made in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, on the basis of such investigation and report, I find and declare that the articles, for which imjwrt restrictions are hereinafter proclaimed, are being imported and are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective or materially interfere with the price support program now conducted by the Department of Agriculture for milk or to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk; and WHEREAS, I find and declare that for the purpose of the first proviso of section 22(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, 6/stat^*472^^' the representative period for imports of such articles is the calendar 7 USC 624. year 1970; and 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 or to reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk; 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 calendar year 1970, taking due account of any special factors which may have affected or may be affecting the trade in the articles concerned; 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. 1202 note.