19 U.S.C. § 2015 — Special reports to Congress

Page 455 TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES § 2021 NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON, B. JOHNSON, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, particularly sections 201(b) and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 [subsection (b) of this section and section 2013 of this title] do pro- claim that the Tariff Schedules of the United States are modified by inserting in proper numerical sequence new items 688.05, 688.07, and 688.16, each such item hav- ing the article description ‘‘If Canadian article and original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 6) . . .’’ subordinate to the immediately preceding article description and having ‘‘Free’’ in rate of duty column numbered 1. Such modifications shall enter into force on the day following the date of this proclamation and shall be effective with respect to ar- ticles which are or have been entered for consumption, or for warehouse, on or after January 18, 1965. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of Amer- ica to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first. [SEAL] LYNDON B. JOHNSON. § 2012. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, Pub. L. 89–283, title II, § 202, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1016, which related to the modification of tariff schedules to implement duty free motor vehicle agree- ments and duty reduced or duty free automotive prod- uct agreements, the necessity for advice and public no- tice prior to negotiation of such agreements, the trans- mission to the Congress of copies of such agreements, and Presidential proclamations to implement such agreements, expired by its own terms on Oct. 22, 1965. § 2013. Effective date of proclamations (a) Retroactive effect; authority of President Subject to subsection (b), the President is au- thorized, notwithstanding section 1514 of this title or any other provision of law, to give retro- active effect to any proclamation issued pursu- ant to section 2011 of this title as of the earliest date after January 17, 1965, which he determines to be practicable. (b) Filing of request with customs officer In the case of liquidated customs entries, the retroactive effect pursuant to subsection (a) of any proclamation shall apply only upon request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned on or before the 90th day after the date of such proclamation and subject to such other condi- tions as the President may specify. (Pub. L. 89–283, title II, § 203, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.) § 2014. Termination of proclamations The President is authorized at any time to ter- minate, in whole or in part, any proclamation issued pursuant to section 2011 or 2012 of this title. (Pub. L. 89–283, title II, § 204, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.) § 2015. Special reports to Congress (a) Report on required comprehensive review No later than August 31, 1968, the President shall submit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a special report on the com- prehensive review called for by Article IV(c) of the Agreement. In such report he shall advise the Congress of the progress made toward the achievement of the objectives of Article I of the Agreement. (b) Report on increase on Canadian value added Whenever the President finds that any manu- facturer has entered into any undertaking, by reason of governmental action, to increase the Canadian value added of automobiles, buses, specified commercial vehicles, or original equip- ment parts produced by such manufacturer in Canada after August 31, 1968, he shall report such finding to the Senate and the House of Rep- resentatives. The President shall also report whether such undertaking is additional to un- dertakings agreed to in letters of undertaking submitted by such manufacturer before October 21, 1965. (c) Recommendations The reports provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall include recommenda- tions for such further steps, including legisla- tive action, if any, as may be necessary for the achievement of the purposes of the Agreement and this chapter. (Pub. L. 89–283, title II, § 205, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Agreement, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is the Agreement Concerning Automotive Products, which was entered into between the United States and Canada on January 16, 1965, see Proc. No. 3682, Oct. 21, 1965, 30 F.R. 13683 and Proc. No. 3743, Sept. 8, 1966, 31 F.R. 12003, set out as notes under section 2011 of this title. This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 89–283, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1016. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec- tion 2001 of this title and Tables. SUBCHAPTER III—TARIFF ADJUSTMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE § 2021. General authority A petition may be filed for tariff adjustment or for a determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [19 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.] as though the reduction or elimination of a duty proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 2011 or 2012 of this title were a conces- sion granted under a trade agreement referred to in section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 [19 U.S.C. 1901]. (Pub. L. 89–283, title III, § 301, Oct. 21, 1965, 79 Stat. 1018.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Trade Expansion Act of 1962, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 87–794, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 872. Title III of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1901 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this