Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 88 Part 2.djvu/700

 PUBLIC LAW 93-618-JAN. 3, 1975

2016

Quantitative restriction.

Marketing agreements.

"Import relief determination date."

19 USC 1202.

Post,

p. 2066.

[88 STAT.

national economic interest, he is not providing import relief and also what other steps he is taking, beyond adjustment assistance programs immediately available to help the industry to overcome serious injury and the workers to find productive employment. (c)(1) If the President reports under subsection (b) that he is taking action which differs from the action recommended by the Commission under section 201(b)(1)(A), or that he will not provide import relief, the action recommended by the Commission shall take effect (as provided in paragraph (2)) upon the adoption by both Houses of Congress (within the 90-day period following the date on which the document referred to in subsection (b) is transmitted to the Congress), by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Members of each House present and voting, of a concurrent resolution disapproving the ajction taken by the President or his determination not to provide import relief under section 202(a)(1)(A). (2) If the contingency set forth in paragraph (1) occurs, the President shall (within 30 days after the adoption of such resolution) proclaim the increase in, or imposition of, any duty or other import restriction on the article which Avas recommended by the Commission under section 201(b). (d)(1) No proclamation pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) shall be made increasing a rate of duty to (or imposing) a rate which is more than 50 percent ad valorem above the rate (if any) existing a t the time of the proclamation. (2) Any quantitative restriction proclaimed pursuant to subsection (a) or (c) and any orderly marketing agreement negotiated pursuant to subsection (a) shall permit the importation of a quantity or value of the article which is not less than the quantity or value of such article imported into the United States during the most recent period which the President determines is representative of imports of such article. (e)(1) Import relief under this section shall be proclaimed and take effect within 15 days after the import relief determination date unless the President announces on such date his intention to negotiate one or more orderly marketing agreements under subsection (a)(4) or (5) in which case import relief shall be proclaimed and take effect within 90 days after the import relief determination date. (2) If the President provides import relief under subsection (a) (1), (2), (3), or (5), he may, after such relief takes effect, negotiate orderly marketing agreements with foreign countries, and may, after such agreements take effect, suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, such import relief. (3) If the President negotiates an orderly marketing agreement under subsection (a)(4) or (5) and such agreement does not continue to be effective, he may, consistent with the limitations contained in subsection (h), provide import relief under subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), or (5). (4) For purposes of this subsection, the term "import relief determination date" means the date of the President's determination under section 202(b). (f)(1) For purposes of subsections (a) and (c), the suspension of item 806.30 or 807.00 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to an article shall be treated as an increase in duty. (2) For purposes of subsections (a) and (c), the suspension of the designation of any article as an eligible article for purposes of title V shall be treated as an increase in duty.

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