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 Proclamations Proc. 8039 Agreement Implementation Act (the "USBFTA Implementation Act") (Pub- lic Law 109-169, 1\1779 Star. 358\177) (\1779 U.S.C. 3805 note). 2. Section 105(a) of the USBFTA Implementation Act authorizes the Presi- dent to establish or designate within the Department of Commerce an office that shall be responsible for providing administrative assistance to panels established under Chapter 19 of the USBFTA. 3. Section 20\177 of the USBFTA Implementation Act authorizes the President to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any duty, such continu- ation of duty-free or excise treatment, or such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply Articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2.8, and 3.2.9, and the schedule of reductions with respect to Bahrain set forth in Annex 2-B of the USBFTA. 4. Consistent with section 20\177(a)(2) of the USBFTA Implementation Act, Bahrain is to be removed from the enumeration of designated beneficiary developing countries eligible for the benefits of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Further, consistent with section 604 of the Trade Act of \177974 (the "\177974 Act") (19 U.S.C. 2483), as amended, I have determined that other technical and conforming changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) are necessary to reflect that Bahrain is no longer eligible to receive benefits of the GSP. 5. Section 202 of the USBFTA Implementation Act provides certain rules for determining whether a good is an originating good for the purpose of implementing preferential tariff treatment under the USBFTA. I have de- cided that it is necessary to include these rules of origin, together with par- ticular rules applicable to certain other goods, in the HTS. 6. Section 204 of the USBFTA Implementation Act authorizes the President to take certain enforcement actions relating to trade with Bahrain in textile and apparel goods. 7. Sections 32\177-328 of the USBFTA Implementation Act authorize the President to take certain actions in response to a request by an interested party for relief from serious damage or actual threat thereof to a domestic industry producing certain textile or apparel articles. 8. Executive Order \17765\177 of March 3, 1972, as amended, establishes the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) to super- vise the implementation of textile trade agreements. 9. Presidential Proclamation 7747 of December 30, 2003, implemented the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (the "USSFTA") with re- spect to the United States and, pursuant to the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the "USSFTA Implementation Act") (Public Law \17708-78, \1777 Star. 948) (\1779 U.S.C. 3805 note), incor- porated in the HTS the tariff modifications and rules of origin necessary or appropriate to carry out the USSFTA. 10. Section 202 of the USSFTA Implementation Act provides rules for de- termining whether goods imported into the United States originate in the territory of a USSFTA party and thus are eligible for the tariff and other treatment contemplated under the USSFTA. Section 202(0) of the USSFTA Implementation Act authorizes the President to proclaim, as a part of the

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