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 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 827-JULY 3,1948 1249 "SEC. 22 . (a) Whenever the President has reason to believe that any Importa article or articles are being or are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, any program or operation undertaken under this title or the Soil Con- servation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, or section 32, 49 stat.163 774. Public Law Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, approved s90q;Supp.I, ! q August 24, 1935, as amended, or any loan, purchase, or other program Supp. I, 612c note. or operation undertaken by the Department of Agriculture, or any Post, pp. 12 50, 1257. agency operating under its direction, with respect to any agricultural commodity or product thereof, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from any agricultural commodity or product thereof with respect to which any such program or operation is being undertaken, he shall cause an immediate investi- UInsve"at"ons by UScTariff Commis- gation to be made by the United States Tariff Commission, which shall ion. give precedence to investigations under this section to determine such facts. Such investigation shall be made after due notice and oppor- tunity for hearing to interested parties, and shall be conducted subject to such regulations as the President shall specify. "(b) If, on the basis of such investigation and report to him of posiampaton im- findings and recommendations made in connection therewith, the tions- President finds the existence of such facts, he shall by proclamation impose such fees not in excess of 50 per centum ad valorem or such quantitative limitations on any article or articles which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption as he finds and declares shown by such investigation to be necessary in order that the entry of such article or articles will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, any program or operation referred to in subsection (a), of this section, or reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from any such agricultural commodity or product thereof with respect to which any such program or operation is being undertaken: Provided, That Lin"itarit on im- no proclamation under this section shall impose any limitation on the total quantity of any article or articles which may be entered, or with- drawn from warehouse, for consumption which reduces such permis- sible total quantity to proportionately less than 50 per centull of the total quantity of such article or articles which was entered, or with- drawn from warehouse, for consumption during a representative period as determined by the President: And provided further, That in designating any article or articles, the President may describe them by physical qualities, value, use, or upon such other bases as he shall determine. "(c) The fees and limitations imposed by the President by proclama- Effective date of tion under this section and any revocation, suspension, or modification restictions. thereof, shall become effective on such date as shall be therein specified, and such fees shall be treated for administrative purposes and for the purposes of section 32 of Public Law Numbered 320, Seventy-fourth 49 stat. 774 7 U. S. C. §612c; Congress, approved August 24, 1935, as amended, as duties imposed Suppi. 8i,§61note. by the Tariff Act of 1930, but such fees shall not be considered as duties ,P 7 for the purpose of granting any preferential concession under any 19 U. S. c . s10 international obligation of the United States. et eq.pp I "(d) After investigation, report, finding, and declaration in the 176^, 7 .3P 61, manner provided in the case of a proclamation issued pursuant to sub- MS 86 9, o10,1054. section (b) of this section, any proclamation or provision of such proc- inationof proclam lamation may be suspended or terminated by the President whenever ton he finds and proclaims that the circumstances requiring the proclama- tion or provision thereof no longer exist or may be modified by the President whenever he finds and proclaims that changed circumstances require such modification to carry out the purposes of this section. 68706 ° -49--pt. 1-79 62 STAT.]

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