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 123STA T . 3 607PROCL A M AT I O N8 3 4 2 —J AN. 16, 200 9bytheCITA t o the lis to f f a b r i c s , yar n s, or fibers in Anne x3-B of the A g ree m ent .(12) In or d ertoma k e technical corrections necessary to p ro v ide the in- tended d u ty treatment under Articles 2. 5 and 2. 6 of the USMF TA, Arti- cles 2.5 and 2.6 of the USBFTA, and the CAFTA- DR , the H TS is modi- fied as set forth in Annex III of P ublication 40 5 8 . (13) All provisions of previous proclamations and E xecutive O rders that are inconsistent w ith the actions taken in this proclamation are su- perseded to the extent of such inconsistency. I NW ITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of J anuary, in the year of our L ord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third. G EORGE W. BUSH Proclam a ti o n8342 o fJ an u ar y16, 2 0 0 9ToSuspendE n trya s Im m ig rants and N onimmigrants o fF oreign G o v ernment O ffi c ia l s R esponsi b le for Failing To C ombat Traffic k ing in P ersons BythePr e sid e n t of the U nited S t a tes of Am eri c a A Proc l amation In order to foster greater resolve to address trafficking in persons (TIP), specifically in punishing acts of trafficking and providing protections to the victims of these crimes, consistent with the Trafficking V ictims Protection Act of 2000, as amended (the ‘ ‘Act ’ ’) (22 U.S.C. 7 101 et se q .), it is in the interests of the United States to restrict the inter- national travel and to suspend entry into the United States, as immi- grants or nonimmigrants, of certain senior government officials respon- sible for domestic law enforcement, j ustice, or labor affairs who have impeded their governments’ antitrafficking efforts, have failed to im- plement their governments’ antitrafficking laws and policies, or who otherwise bear responsibility for their governments’ failures to take steps recogni z ed internationally as appropriate to combat trafficking in persons, and whose governments have been ranked more than once as Tier 3 countries, which represent the worst anti-TIP performers, in the Department of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report, and for which I have made a determination pursuant to section 110(d)(1)-(2) or (4) of the Act. The Act reflects international antitrafficking standards that guide efforts to eradicate this modern-day form of slavery around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1 9 52, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and sec- tion 301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided