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 PUBLIC LAW 101-382—AUG. 20, 1990 104 STAT. 665 Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions SEC. 241. TRADE BENEFITS FOR NICARAGUA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is President of U.S. authorized to designate Nicaragua as a beneficiary developing country for the purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and any such designation may remain effective for the duration of the calendar year 1990. SEC. 242. AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT. It is the sense of Congress that in order to facilitate trade with, and the economic development of, the countries designated as beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, the Secretary of Agriculture should, in consultation with the Agribusiness Promotion Council, coordinate with the Agency for International Development the development of programs to encourage improvements in the transportation and cargo handling infrastructure in these countries for the purpose of improving agricultural trade between these countries and the United States. Such programs should focus on improving distribution of agricultural commodities and products in these countries, and the phj^osanitary institutions, quarantine capabilities, and pesticide regulations of these countries regarding agricultural commodities and products. SEC. 243. EXTENSION OF TRADE BENEFITS TO THE ANDEAN REGION. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that: (1) United States antinarcotics policy places a high priority on assisting the nations of the Andean region of South America, the source of 100 percent of the world's supply of cocaine. (2) The President and Congress have recognized that United States trade and economic policies play an important role in the overall United States antidrug strategy in the Andes. (3) The extension of special trade preferences for articles from the Andean region would help revitalize the national economies of the Andes and further United States antinarcotics policy in the region. G)) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —The Congress urges the President to— (1) review the merits of extending the benefits provided under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to the Andean region; and (2) continue to explore additional mechanisms to expand trade opportunities for the Andean region, and report to Congress in a regular and timely fashion on the result of this review. TITLE III—TARIFF PROVISIONS SEC. 301. REFERENCE. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a chapter, subchapter, note, additional U.S. note, heading, subheading, or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a chapter, subchapter, note, additional U.S. note, head-

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