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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 2066

PROCLAMATION 5355—JUNE 26, 1985

taken on a nondiscriminatory basis or solely against the foreign government

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3. I have decided, pursuant to section 301(a)(2} and (b) of the Act, to increase the U.S. import duties on the pasta articles provided for in items .>i7cl rdirf? 182.35 and 182.36 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States [TSUS] (19 U.S.C. 1202) which are the product of any member country of the EEC.

19 USC 2411,

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including but not limited to sections 301(a)(2] and (b) and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, do proclaim that:

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1. Subpart B of part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS is modified as follows: [a) The heading is amended by adding after 1962 "or Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974". (b) The following new items and superior heading, set forth in columnar form, are inserted in the columns designated "Item", "Articles", and "Rates )P: •••:i of Duty 1", respectively, following TSUS item 945.69: ••'••' »ri! 945.80 945.82

"Macaroni, noodles, vermicelli, and similar alimentary pastes (provided for in items 182.35 and 182.36, part 15B, schedule 1) if the product of any member country of the EEC: Not containing egg or egg products 40% ad val. Containing egg or egg products 25% ad val."

2. If, in the opinion of the United States Trade Representative, a mutually acceptable resolution of this issue has been reached with the EEC, he shall so advise the President, together with a recommendation concerning the modification or termination of this action. A decision by the President to modify or terminate this action shall be published in the Federal Register. 3. This proclamation shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date which is 15 days after the date on which this proclamation is signed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth. RONALD REAGAN Proclamation 5355 of June 26, 1985

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week, 1985 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The sights and sounds of the world around us are among the gifts we cherish most. But for approximately 40,000 Americans who are both deaf and blind, seeing and hearing exist only as dreams. Through an accident of birth or illness, these men and women may never gaze at the splendor of a spring garden or listen to the voices of their loved ones. Cut off from what most of us take for granted, people who can neither see nor hear live in a kind of solitary confinement.