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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 80 STAT. · September 6, 1966 · Proclamation 3742

Proclamation 3742.

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80 Stat. 1805 Proclamation 3742 NATIONAL CIVIL AIR PATROL DAY By the President of the United States of America September 6, 1966 A Proclamation WHEREAS December 1, 1966, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Civil Air Patrol; and WHEREAS the Civil Air Patrol has since its inception worked devotedly and with distinction for the development of aviation and the maintenance of air supremacy; and WHEREAS the civilian volunteers of the Civil Air Patrol have given unstintingly of their time, their skills, their personal resources, and even their lives—most notably in the performance of search and rescue missions—to assist in meeting local and national emergencies and disasters; and WHEREAS the Civil Air Patrol provides an outstanding example of the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare; and WHEREAS the Congress has chartered the Civil Air Patrol, and has designated it as a volunteer civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force; and WHEREAS it is appropriate that public recognition be given to the invaluable service voluntarily rendered to this Nation by the Civil Air Patrol:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 1, 1966, as National Civil Air Patrol Day; and I call upon all of our citizens to observe that day with ceremonies and activities appropriate to the silver anniversary of the Civil Air Patrol. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this sixth day of September in the year of [seal] our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first.
Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk.*Secretary of State.* 3743 September 8, 1966 FURTHER IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT CONCERNING AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3743 FURTHER IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT CONCERNING AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA By the President of the United States of America September 8, 1966 A Proclamation WHEREAS the United States and Canada on January 16, 1965, entered into an Agreement Concerning Automotive Products, which provides that Canada shall accord duty-free treatment to imports of 80 Stat. 1806certain automotive products of the United States and that, after enactment of implementing legislation, the United States shall accord duty-free treatment to certain automotive products of Canada retroactively to the earliest date administratively possible following the date on which the agreement has been implemented by Canada (art.
II, 89th Cong. 1st sess., H. Rep. 537,38); WHEREAS the agreement of January 16, 1965, was implemented by Canada through the granting of the requisite duty-free treatment to United States products on January 18, 1965; [19 USC 2011–2015](/us/usc/t19/s2011–2015).[77A Stat. 3](/us/stat/77A/3).WHEREAS titles II and IV of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 have been enacted to provide for modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) to implement the agreement of January 16, 1965, such modifications to enter into force in the manner proclaimed by the President (79 Stat. 1016); [19 USC 2011, 2013](/us/usc/t19/s2011/2013).WHEREAS sections 201 and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965 authorize the President to proclaim such modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States as will provide for the duty-free treatment of Canadian articles which are original motor-vehicle equipment either if the modifications of such articles are set forth in title IV of that Act or if the President subsequently determines that the importation of the articles is actually or potentially of commercial significance and that such duty-free treatment is required by the agreement, such proclamation to provide for retroactive effect for such duty-free treatment as of the earliest date after January 17, 1965, which the President determines to be practicable; [79 Stat. 1513](/us/stat/79/1513).WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 3682 of October 21, 1965 (30 F.R. 13683), the President pursuant to sections 201 and 203 proclaimed the modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States provided for in title IV of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965; and WHEREAS I determine
(a)under subsection
(b)of section 201 that the importation of the Canadian articles which are original motor-vehicle equipment and which are dutiable under TSUS items 688.04, [19 USC note prec. 1202](/us/usc/t19/s1202).688.06, and 688.15 is actually or potentially of commercial significance and that duty-free treatment of such Canadian articles is required to carry out the agreement of January 16, 1965, and
(b)under section 203 that the earliest date, after January 17, 1965, as of which it is practicable to give retroactive effect to this proclamation is January 18, 1965: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, particularly sections 201
(b)and 203 of the Automotive Products Trade Act of 1965, do proclaim that the Tariff Schedules of the United States are modified by inserting in proper numerical sequence new items 688.05, 688.07, and 688.16, each such item having the article description “If Canadian article and original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 6) . . . . .” subordinate to the immediately preceding article description and having “Free” in rate of duty column numbered 1. Such modifications shall enter into force on the day following the date of this proclamation and shall be effective with respect to articles which are or have been entered for consumption, or for warehouse, on or after January 18, 1965. 80 Stat. 1807 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this eighth day of September in the year of [seal] our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: George W. Ball.*Acting Secretary of State.* 3744 September 13, 1966 PROCLAMATION OF TRADE AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN PROVIDING COMPENSATORY CONCESSIONS Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3744 PROCLAMATION OF TRADE AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN PROVIDING COMPENSATORY CONCESSIONS By the President of the United States of America September 13, 1966 A Proclamation 1. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930,[19 USC 1351](/us/usc/t19/s1351). the President, on October 30, 1947, entered into, and by Proclamation No. 2761A of December 16, 1947 (61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1103), proclaimed, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to as “the General Agreement”), including a schedule of United States [61 Stat. (pt. 5) A11](/us/stat/61/A11).concessions, designated as Schedule XX, annexed thereto (61 Stat, (pt. 5) A1157), which Agreement, schedule, and proclamation have been supplemented by subsequent agreements, schedules, and proclamations; 2. WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 3235 of April 21, 1958 (72 Stat. (pt. 2) C35) and by Proclamation No. 3323 of October 20, 1959 (74 Stat. C15), the President proclaimed increased rates of duty, pursuant to section 7 of the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 (65 Stat. 74; 67 Stat. 472; 69 Stat. 166; 72 Stat. 676) and in accordance [19 USC 1364 note](/us/usc/t19/s1364).with Article XIX of the General Agreement (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A58; 8 U.S.T. (pt. 2) 1786), with respect to certain clinical thermometers and to certain stainless-steel flatware, respectively, and, by Proclamation No. 3513 of December 28, 1962 (77 Stat. 970) the President proclaimed concessions compensatory for such increased rates of duty, subject to the qualification that if Proclamation No. 3235 or Proclamation No. 3323 should be modified or terminated so as to result in a lowering of the increased rates of duty provided for therein, the United States and Japan would enter into negotiations or consultations with a view to reaching a mutually satisfactory adjustment of the balance of concessions under the General Agreement (13 U.S.T. (pt. 3) 3194); 3. WHEREAS, by Proclamation No. 3696 of January 7, 1966 (31 F.R. 421), the President terminated Proclamation No. 3235 and, by Proclamation No. 3697 of January 7, 1966 (31 F.R. 423), terminated *Ante*, pp. 1752, 1754.Proclamation No. 3323, thereby terminating the increased rates of duty with respect to the clinical thermometers and reducing the increased rates of duty with respect to the stainless-steel flat ware, respectively, identified in the second recital of this proclamation; 80 Stat. 1808 [19 USC note prec. 1202](/us/usc/t19/s1202).4. WHEREAS, after compliance with the requirements of Section 102 of the Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 73), the President by Proclamation No. 3548 of August 21, 1963 (77 Stat. 1017), proclaimed, effective on and after August 31, 1963, the Tariff Schedules of the United States, which reflected, with modifications, and, in effect, superseded, Proclamation No. 2761A and proclamations supplementary thereto insofar as they relate to Schedule XX to the General Agreement; [76 Stat. 874](/us/stat/76/874).5. WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 221 and 224 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1841 and 1844), the President, on October 21, 1963, published and furnished to the Tariff Commission lists of articles which may be considered for modification or continuance of duties or other import restrictions, or continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, in the negotiation of trade agreements, including the trade agreement with Japan identified in the tenth recital of this proclamation, compensating other nations for modifications or withdrawals of United States trade agreement concessions (48 CFR Part 180), and the Tariff Commission, after holding public hearings, has advised the President with respect to each such article of its judgment as to the probable economic effect of such modifications; 6. WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 223 and 224 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1843 and 1844) and in accordance with Section 3(g) of Executive Order No. 11075 of January 15, 1963 (48 CFR 1.3(g)), the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, appointed by the President pursuant to Section 241(a) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1871(a)), on April 23, 1963, designated the Trade Information Committee to afford an opportunity, through public hearings and other means, for any interested person to present his views concerning any article on the lists identified in the fifth recital of this proclamation or any other matter relevant to the trade agreement negotiations, including the negotiation of the trade agreement with Japan identified in the tenth recital of this proclamation (48 CFR Part 202), and the Trade Information Committee has furnished the President with a summary of its hearings; 7. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 222 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1842), the President has received information and advice with respect to the trade agreement with Japan identified in the tenth recital of this proclamation, from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, State, and the Treasury, and from such other sources as the President has deemed appropriate, and, pursuant to Section 241(b) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1871(b)), the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations has received information and advice with respect to that agreement from representatives of industry, agriculture, and labor, and from such agencies as he has deemed appropriate; 8. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 201(a)(1) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)), the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations has conducted negotiations on behalf of the President with Japan and other contracting parties to the General Agreement, in accordance with Article XXVIII of that Agreement (8 U.S.T. (pt. 2) 1790), with a view to the establishment of a new consolidated Schedule XX to that Agreement in terms of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, and has conducted negotiations with Japan with a view to reaching the mutually satisfactory adjustment of the balance of concessions referred to in the second recital of this proclamation; 80 Stat. 1809 9. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 201(a) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the President has determined that certain existing [76 Stat. 872](/us/stat/76/872).[19 USC 1821](/us/usc/t19/s1821).duties or other import restrictions of the United States or of foreign countries which are contracting parties to the General Agreement, were unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that one or more of the purposes stated in Section 102 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1801) would be promoted by entering into the trade agreement with Japan identified in the tenth recital of this proclamation; 10. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 201(a)(1) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, I, through my duly empowered representative, have entered into a trade agreement with Japan entitled the “Interim Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Japan Relating to the Renegotiation of Schedule XX (United States) to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” (a copy of which is Appendix B to this proclamation11 Filed with Office of Federal Register as part of the original document.),[3 UST 855](/us/ust/3/855). which embodies the results of the negotiations with Japan as part of the negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement for [8 UST 1790](/us/ust/8/1790).the establishment of a new consolidated Schedule XX thereto in terms of the Tariff Schedules of the United States and of the negotiations with a view to reaching the mutually satisfactory adjustment of the balance of concessions referred to in the second recital of this proclamation; 11. WHEREAS the trade agreement with Japan identified in the tenth recital of this proclamation, which is an agreement supplementary to the General Agreement, contains in annex II a schedule of concessions, to take effect as provided therein, in compensation for the impairment, arising out of the entry into force of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, of the rights of Japan in concessions in Schedule XX to the General Agreement, and provides that such concessions shall be applied as if they were included in a Schedule XX to the General Agreement pending the formal effectiveness of a new consolidated Schedule XX; 12. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 254 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1884), I have determined that, in the case of those modifications of existing duties proclaimed in this proclamation which reflect decreases in duties exceeding the limitations specified in Section 201(b)(1) or 253 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1821(b)(1) or 1883), such decreases will simplify the computation of the amount of duty imposed with respect to the articles concerned; and 13. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 201(a)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, I determine that the modification or continuance of existing duties or other import restrictions, and the continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, hereinafter proclaimed, will be required or appropriate to carry out such trade agreement: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including Section 201(a)(2) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, do proclaim that: 80 Stat. 1810
(1)Subject to the applicable provisions of the trade agreement with Japan identified in the tenth recital of this proclamation and of the General Agreement and other agreements supplementary thereto, the modification or continuance of existing duties or other import restrictions, and the continuance of existing duty-free or excise treatment, provided for in the schedule in annex II to such agreement with Japan shall be effective as provided therein, and, as a result thereof.
(2)The Tariff Schedules of the United States shall be modified, effective on and after October 1, 1966, as provided for in Appendix A to this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this thirteenth day of September in the year [seal] of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first. Lyndon B. Johnson By the President: Dean Rusk.*Secretary of State.* **APPENDIX A** Modifications of the Tariff Schedules of the United States Resulting From the Proclamation of the Interim Agreement Between the United States and Japan Relating to the Renegotiation of Schedule XX (United States) to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade The rate in column numbered 1 for each item of the Tariff Schedules of the United States which is identified in the following table shall be superseded, effective on each date shown in such table, by the respective rate set forth therein opposite the number of such item: TSUS item Rates of duty, effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on and after October 1,— 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 222.50 36% ad val 32% ad val 28% ad val 24% ad val 20% ad val 535.31 28% ad val 26% ad val 24% ad val 22% ad val 20% ad val 544.51 33% ad val 31% ad val 29% ad val 27% ad val 25% ad val 648.97 21.5% ad val 20.5% ad val 19.5% ad val 18.5% ad val 17.5% ad val 651.37 21.5% ad val 20.5% ad val 19.5% ad val 18.5% ad val 17.5% ad val 652.80 17% ad val 15% ad val 13% ad val 11% ad val 9.5% ad val 696.35 11% ad val 10% ad val 8.5% ad val 7.5% ad val 6% ad val 703.70 17¢ per lb. + 14% ad val 15¢ per lb. + 12.5% ad val 13¢ per lb. + 11% ad val 12¢ per lb. + 9.5% ad val. 10¢ per lb. + 8.5% ad val. 25% ad val 708.72 33% ad val 31% ad val 29% ad val 27% ad val 6% ad val 709.40 10.5%ad val 9.5% ad val 8% ad val 7% ad val 25% ad val 722.40 33% ad val 31% ad val 29% ad val 27% ad val 30% ad val 737.50 41% ad val 38% ad val 35.5% ad val 32.5% ad val 10% ad val 737.65 18% ad val 16% ad val 14% ad val 12% ad val 30% ad val 737.80 41% ad val 38% ad val 35.5% ad val 32.5% ad val 20% ad val 741.10 36% ad val 32% ad val 28% ad val 24% ad val 40% ad val 745.70 48% ad val 46% ad val 44% ad val 42% ad val 30% ad val 745.72 38% ad val 36% ad val 34% ad val 32% ad val 40% ad val 750.04 48% ad val 46% ad val 44% ad val 42% ad val 40% ad val 760.10 32¢ per gross + 30.5% ad val 28¢ per gross + 29% ad val 25% per gross + 27.5% ad val. 21¢ per gross + 26% ad val. 18¢ per gross + 25% ad val. 770.80 24% ad val 23% ad val 22% ad val 21% ad val 20% ad val. 773.05 16% ad val 15% ad val 14% ad val 13% ad val 12% ad val 3745 September 16, 1966 LEIF ERIKSON DAY, 1966 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation
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