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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-573—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 3017

also be filed with the Secretary of Agriculture with a request that emergency relief be granted under subsection (c) with respect to such article. (b) Within 14 days after the filing of a petition under subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that a perishable product from Israel is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry producing a perishable product like or directly competitive with the imported product and that emergency action is warranted, he shall advise the President and recommend that the President take emergency action; or (2) the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish a notice of his determination not to recommend the imposition of emergency action and so advise the petitioner. (c) Within 7 days after the President receives a recommendation President of U.S. from the Secretary of Agriculture to take emergency action under subsection (b), he shall issue a proclamation withdrawing the reduction or elimination of duty provided to the perishable product under any trade agreement provision entered into under section 102(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 or publish a notice of his determination not Ante, p. 3013. to take emergency action. (d) The emergency action provided under subsection (c) shall cease to apply— (1) upon the proclamation of import relief under section 202(a)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974; 19 USC 2252. (2) on the day the President makes a determination under section 203(b)(2) of such Act not to impose import relief; 19 USC 2253. (3) in the event of a report of the Commission containing a negative finding, on the day the Commission's report is submitted to the President; or (4) whenever the President determines that because of changed circumstances such relief is no longer warranted. (e) For purposes of this section, the term "perishable product" means any— (1) live plant provided for in subpart A of part 6 of schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202, hereinafter referred to as the "TSUS"); (2) vegetable provided for in schedule 1, part 8, of the TSUS; (3) fresh mushroom provided for in item 144.10 of the TSUS; (4) edible nut or fruit provided for in schedule 1, part 9, of the TSUS; (5) fresh cut flower provided for in items 192.17, 192.18, and 192.21 of the TSUS; and (6) concentrated citrus fruit provided for in items 165.25 and 165.35 of the TSUS. (f) No trade agreement entered into with Israel under section 102(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 shall affect fees imposed under section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 624). SEC. 406. CONSTRUCTION OF TITLE. 19 USC 2112 Neither the taking effect of any trade agreement provision entered into with Israel under section 102(b)(1), nor any proclamation issued to implement any such provision, may affect in any manner, or to any extent, the application to any Israeli articles of section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, section 337 of title 19 USC 1862.