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 PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 104 STAT. 663 of part II of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 and following; relating to the economic support fund); and (B) which is designated by the President as a beneficiary country pursuant to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. (2) The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. SEC. 232. PROMOTION OF TOURISM. (a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.— The Congress finds that the tourism industry must be recognized as a central element in the economic development and political stability of the Caribbean Basin region because of the potential that the industry has for increasing employ- ment and foreign exchange earnings, establishing important linkages with other related sectors, and having a positive complementary effect on trade with the United States. (b) FEDERAL AGENCY PRIORITY.— It is the sense of the Congress that increased tourism and related activities should be developed in the Caribbean Basin region as a central part of the Caribbean Basin Initiative program and, to that end, the appropriate agencies of the United States Government should assign a high priority to projects that promote the tourism industry in the Caribbean Basin. (c) STUDY.— The Secretary of Commerce shall complete the study begun in 1986 regarding tourism development strategies for the Caribbean Basin region. The study shall include— (1) information on the mutual benefits received by the United States and the Caribbean Basin economies as a result of tourist activity in the area; and (2) proposals for developing increased linkages between the tourism industry and local industries in the region such as the agrobusiness. SEC. 233. PILOT PRECLEARANCE PROGRAM. 19 USC 2071 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— Subject to subsection (b), the Commissioner of Customs shall carry out, during fiscal years 1991 and 1992, preclearance operations at a facility of the United States Customs Service in a country within the Caribbean Basin which the Commissioner of Customs considers appropriate for testing the extent to which the availability of preclearance operations can assist in the development of tourism. (b) RESTRICTIONS REGARDING PROGRAM.— (1) The Commissioner of Customs may not consider a country within the Caribbean Basin to be appropriate for the testing referred to in subsection (a) if preclearance operations are currently carried out by the United States Customs Service in that country. (2) Preclearance operations may not be commenced in the country selected for testing under subsection (a) unless the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization jointly certify that— (A) there exists a bilateral agreement between the United States Government and the government of such country which protects the interests of the United States and af-

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