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 PROCLAMATION 6030—SEPT. 28, 1989 103 STAT. 3101 Nearly 200 years ago, in his now famous reply to the Hebrew Congre- gation of Newport, President Washington declared that the Government of the United States "gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no as- sistance." This week, let us rededicate ourselves—as individuals and as a Nation—to that noble vision. In recognition of the importance of religious freedom and the spirit of tolerance, the Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 146, has designated the week beginning September 24, 1989, as "Religious Freedom Week." NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning September 24, 1989, as Religious Freedom Week. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I urge them to reaffirm their devotion to the principles of religious freedom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sev - enth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fourteenth. GEORGE BUSH Proclamation 6030 of September 28, 1989 To Provide for the Tariff Treatment of Goods From the Freely Associated States, To Implement Tariff Reductions on Certain Tropical Products, and for Other Purposes By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. Section 242 of the Compact of Free Association (the Compact) en- tered into by the Government of the United States and the Govern- ments of the Marshall Islands and of the Federated States of Microne- sia (the freely associated states), as given effect by section 401(a) of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (the Association Act) (Public Law No. 99-239, 99 Stat. 1770), provides that upon implementa- tion of the Compact the President shall proclaim duty-free treatment for most products of the freely associated states, subject to the limitations provided in sections 503(b) and 5Q4(c) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the 1974 Act) (19 U.S.C. 2463(b) and 2464(c)). 2. Section 243 of the Compact, as given effect by section 401(b) of the Association Act, provides that certain articles imported from the freely associated states are to be excluded from the duty-free treatment pro- claimed by the President and are to receive most-favored-nation treat- ment. In addition, section 401(a) of the Association Act sets restrictions on the aggregate quantity of canned tima that may be entered free of duty in any calendar year. The foregoing exclusions and restrictions were set forth in terms of the former Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202). The United States converted the TSUS to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) effective January 1, 1989. Accordingly, the exclusions and restrictions set out in

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