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 Proc. 8114 Title 3--The President 2. Section 6002 of the Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006 (Division D, Title VI of Public Law 109-432) amends section 1\1772 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, Public Law \17706-200)(AGOA) to modify the preferential tariff treat- ment accorded to designated lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri- can countries. 3. Pursuant to section 2\1773A(d) of CBERA, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 2703a(d)), I have determined that Haiti meets the eligibility requirements set forth in section 213A(d)(\177). 4. Pursuant to section 2\1773A(e) of CBERA, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 2703a(e)), I have determined that Haiti is meeting the conditions set forth therein. 5. In order to implement the tariff treatment provided under section 2\1773A of CBERA, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2703a), and section 112(b)(8) and l\1772(c) of AGOA, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 372\177(b)(8) and (c)), it is necessary to mod- ify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). 6. Title I, subtitles A and B of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432)(the "Tax Relief Act") suspended or reduced duties on certain articles that were identified under provisions of the HTS in ef- fect on December 20, 2006. Presidential Proclamation 8097 of December 27, 2006, modified the HTS to conform it to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. Modifications to the HTS are necessary to reflect accurately the suspension or reduction of duties that were enacted in the Tax Relief Act. 7. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the "\177974 Act") (\1779 U.S.C. 2483), authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of relevant provisions of that Act, or other acts affecting import treatment, and of actions taken thereunder, including the removal, modification, con- tinuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import restriction. 8. I have determined that it is appropriate to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to perform the functions specified in section 213A(f) of CBERA, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 2703a(f)). NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 604 of the 1974 Act, and section 30\177 of title 3, United States Code, do proclaim that: (\177) In order to provide the tariff treatment provided for in section 2\1773A of CBERA, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 2703a), the HTS is modified as provided in Annex I to this proclamation. (2) In order to implement the tariff treatment provided for in section 1\1772(b)(8) and section \1772(c) of AGOA, as amended (\1779 U.S.C. 3721(b)(8) and (c)), the HTS is modified as provided in Annex II to this proclamation. (3) In order to provide the tariff treatment provided for in Title I, subtitles A and B of the Tax Relief Act, and to make technical corrections to pre- viously proclaimed provisions, the HTS is modified as provided in Annex III to this proclamation. (4) The modifications to the HTS set forth in the annexes to this proclama- tion shall be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 18

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