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 85 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-138-OCT. 14, 1971

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"(c) Whenever the Secretary determines that such action is neces- ^i/''?lPff,l!f sary to protect the interests of the United States, consumers ot sugar, or the exporters or importers of sugar, he is authorized to require, in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, any or all shipments of imported sugar to be weighed by persons not controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person having a direct financial interest in such sugar." SEC. 16. Section 404 of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, is amended ^ iy|'^t- ^^^^ by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: "and, except as provided in sections 205 and 306, to review 1/3^^^ ^^^^' any regulation issued pursuant to this Act in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code". _ fvsTwu' SEC. 17. Section 408(c) of the Sugar Act of 1948^ as amended, is Expropriation, amended to read as follows: Tg^^st^at. 1280. " (c) I n any case in which a nation or a political subdivision thereof 7 USC iiss. * has, on or after January 1, 1961, (1) nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise seized the ownership or control of the property or business enterprise owned or controlled by United States citizens or any corporation, partnership, or association not less than 50 per centum beneficially owned by United States citizens, or (2) imposed upon or enforced against such property or business enterprise so owned or controlled, discriminatory taxes or other exactions, or restrictive maintenance or operational conditions (including limiting or reducing participation in production, export, or sale of sugar to the United States under quota allocation pursuant to this Act) not imposed or enforced with respect to the property or business enterprise of a like nature owned or operated by its own nationals or the nationals of any government other than the Government of the United States, or (3) imposed upon or enforced against such property or business enterprise so owned or controlled, discriminatory taxes or other exactions, or restrictive maintenance or operational conditions (including limiting or reducing participation in production, export, or sale of sugar to the United States under quota allocation pursuant to this Act), or has taken other actions, which have the effect of nationalizing, expropriating or otherwise seizing ownership or control of such property or business enterprise, or (4) violated the provisions of any bilateral or multilateral international agreement to which the United States is a party, designed to protect such property or business enterprise so owned or controlled, and has failed within six months following the taking of action in any of the above categories to take appropriate and adequate steps to remedy such situation and to discharge its obligations under international law toward such citizen or entity, including the prompt payment to the owner or owners of such property or business enterprise so nationalized, expropriated or otherwise seized or to provide relief from such taxes, exactions, conditions or breaches of such international agreements, as the case may be, or to arrange, with the agreement of the parties concerned, for submitting the question in dispute to arbitration or conciliation in accordance with procedures under which final and binding decision or settlement will be reached and full payment or arrangements with the owners for such payment made within twelve months following such submission, the President may withhold or suspend all or any part of the quota under this Act of such nation, and either in addition or as an alternative, the President may, under such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, cause to be levied and collected at the port of entry an impost on any or all sugar sought to be imported into the United States from such nation in an amount not to exceed $20 per ton, such moneys to be covered into the Treasury of the United States into a special trust fund, and he shall use such fund to make payment of claims arising on or after January 1, 1961, as a result of such nationalization, expropriation, or other type seizure or action set forth herein,

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