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 91 STAT. 22

PUBLIC LAW 95-12—MAR. 18, 1977

Public Law 95-12 95th Congress An Act Mar. 18, 1977 [H.R. 1746]

Rhodesian chrome. Importation prohibition.

Steel mill products, certificate of origin.

Infra. Regulations. Subpenas.

Certification requirement, exemption. Release from customs custody.

To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to halt the importation of Rhodesian chrome. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repveserdatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c) is amended— (1) by addintj at the end of subsection (a) the following new sentences: "Any Executive order which is issued under this subsection and which applies measures against Southern Rhodesia pursuant to any United Nations Security Council Resolution may be enforced, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law. The President may exempt from such Executive order any shipment of chromium in any form which is in transit to the United States on the date of enactment of this sentence."; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)(1) During the period in which measures are applied against Southern Rhodesia under subsection (a) pursuant to any United Nations Security Council Resolution, a shipment of any steel mill product (as such product may be defined by the Secretary) containing chromium in any form may not be released from customs custody for entry into the United States if— "(A) a certificate of origin with respect to such shipment has not Ix^en filed with the Secretary; or "(B) in the case of a shipment with respect to which a certificate of origin has been filed with the Secretary, the Secretary determines that the information contained in such certificate does not adequately establish that the steel mill product in such shipment docs not contain chromium in any form which is of Southern Rhodesian origin; unless such release is authorized by the Secretary under paragraph (3)(B) o r (C). "(2) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for carrying out this subsection. "(3)(A) In cairying out this subsection, the Secretary may issue subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesscs and the production of evidence. Any such subpena may, upon application by the Secretary, be enforced in a civil action in an appropriate United States district court. "(B) The Secretary may exempt from the certification requirements of this subsection any shipment of a steel mill product containing chromium in any form which is in transit to the United States on the date of enactment of this subsection. "(C) Under such circumstances as he deems appropriate, the Secretary may release from customs custody for entry into the United States, under such bond as he may require, any shipment of a steel mill product containing chromium in any form.

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