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 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 108 STAT. 4819 (d) STATEMENT OF.ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.— The statement of administrative action approved by the Congress under section 101(a) shall be regarded as an authoritative expression by the United States concerning the interpretation and appHcation of the Uruguay Round Agreements and this Act in any judicial proceeding in which a question arises concerning such interpretation or application. SEC. 103. IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF ENTRY INTO 19 USC 3513. FORCE; REGULATIONS. (a) IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS. —-After the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) the President may proclaim such actions, and (2) other appropriate ofl&cers of the United States Government may issue such regulations, as may be necessary to ensiu^ that any provision of this Act, or Eimendment made by this Act, that takes effect on the date any of the Uruguay Round Agreements enters into force with respect to the United States is appropriately implemented on such date. Such proclamation or regulation may not have an effective date earlier than the date of entry into force with respect to the United States of the agreement to which the proclamation or regulation relates. (b) REGULATIONS.— Any interim regulation necessary or appropriate to carry out any action proposed in the statement of administrative action approved under section 101(a) to implement an agreement described in section 101(d)(7), (12), or (13) shall be issued not later than 1 year after the date on which the agreement enters into force with respect to the United States. Subtitle B—Tariff Modifications SEC. IIL TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. 19 USC 3521. (a) IN GENERAL.— In addition to the authority provided by President, section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902), the President shall have the authority to proclaim— (1) such other modification of any duty, (2) such other staged rate reduction, or (3) such additional duties, as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out Schedule XX. (b) OTHER TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.— Subject to the consultation and layover requirements of section 115, the President may proclaim— (1) the modification of any duty or staged rate reduction of any duty set forth in Schedule XX if— (A) the United States agrees to such modification or staged rate reduction in a multilateral negotiation under the auspices of the WTO, and (B) such modification or staged rate reduction applies to the rate of duty on an article contained in a tariff category that was the subject of reciprocal duty elimination or harmonization negotiations during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, and

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