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 2458 19 USC 1202.

PROCLAMATION 4274-MAR. 4, 1974

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fQj. [^ TSUS item 950.02 on nonfat dry milk may be increased or suspended without rendering or tending to render ineffective, or materially interfering with, the price support program now conducted by the Department of Agriculture for milk or reducing substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk; and WHEREAS the United States Tariff Commission has submitted to me a report with respect to this matter and I need to study further this matter before making a determination as to final action to be taken; and WHEREAS, pending a determination as to final action to be taken, I find and declare, on the basis of such investigation and report, that changed circumstances require modification of the import quota provided for in TSUS item. 950.02 on nonfat dry milk during the period ending June 30, 1974, and that the entry of an additional quantity of 150,000,000 pounds of nonfat dry milk during such period will not render or tend to render ineffective, or materially interfere with, the price support program which is being undertaken by the Department of Agriculture for milk and will not reduce substantially the amount of products processed in the United States from domestic milk;

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President, and in conformity vv'ith the provisions of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, and the Tariff Classification Act of 1962, do hereby proclaim that subdivision (vi) of headnote 3(a) of Part 3 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended to read as follows: "(vi) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, 150,000,000 pounds of the articles described in item 115.50 may be entered during the period beginning March 5, 1974, and ending June 30, 1974, in addition to the annual quota quantity specified for such article under item 950.02, and import licenses shall not be required for entering such additional quantities. The 150,000,000 pound additional quota quantity shall be allocated among supplying countries as follows: Supplying Country

Australia New Zealand Other Countries

Quantity in Pounds

15, 000, 000 55, 000, 000 80,000,000

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