118 STAT. 4091 PROCLAMATION 7747—DEC. 30, 2003 Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003 To Implement the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. On May 6, 2003, the President entered into the United States-Singa- pore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA). The USSFTA was approved by the Congress in section 101(a) of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ‘‘USSFTA Act’’) (Public Law 108–78, 117 Stat. 948) (19 U.S.C. 3805 note). 2. Section 105 of the USSFTA Act authorizes the President to establish or designate within the Department of Commerce an office that shall be responsible for providing administrative assistance to panels estab- lished under Chapter 20 of the USSFTA. 3. Section 201 of the USSFTA Act authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty, such continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the Presi- dent determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply articles 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.12 of the USSFTA and the schedule of re- ductions with respect to the Republic of Singapore (Singapore) set forth in Annex 2B of the USSFTA. 4. Section 202 of the USSFTA Act provides certain rules for deter- mining whether a good is an originating good for the purposes of im- plementing tariff treatment under the USSFTA. I have decided that it is necessary to include these rules of origin, together with particular rules applicable to certain other goods, in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 5. Section 205 of the USSFTA Act authorizes the President to take cer- tain enforcement actions relating to trade with Singapore in textile and apparel goods. 6. Subtitle B of title III of the USSFTA Act authorizes the President to take certain actions in response to a request by an interested party for relief from imports that constitute a substantial cause of serious dam- age, or actual threat thereof, to a domestic industry producing certain textile or apparel articles. 7. Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended, establishes the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) to supervise the implementation of textile trade agreements. 8. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the ‘‘1974 Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting im- port treatment, and of actions taken thereunder, including the removal, modification, continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to sections 105, 201, 202, 205, and 321–328 of the USSFTA VerDate 11-MAY-2000 15:04 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 8087 Sfmt 8087 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.004 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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