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Digitized from Box 34 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
EXECUTIVE ORDER
REPORTS AND INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM
By virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Trade Act of 1974, hereinafter referred to as the Act
(19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.), Sections 332(g) and 337 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1332(g),
19 U.S.C. 1337, respectively), and Section 301 of
Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President
of the United States of America, Executive Order No.
11846 of March 27, 1975, as amended, hereinafter
referred to as the Order, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3(e) and (f) of the Order
are redesignated as Sections 3(f) and (g), respectively,
and a new Section 3(e) is added as follows:
"(e) A copy of each determination, and the action
taken with respect thereto, together with the record
which the United States International Trade Commission,
hereinafter referred to as the International Trade
Commission, is required to transmit to the President,
under the terms of Section 337(g)(1) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended, shall be transmitted to the
President through the Special Representative."
Sec. 2. Section 4(c) of the Order is amended,
in order to delegate authority under Section 131(a)
of the Act, to read as follows:
"(c) The functions of the President under Section
131 (a) of the Act, with respect to publishing and
furnishing to the International Trade Commission lists
of articles, are delegated to the Special Representative.
The functions of the President under Section 131(c) of the
Act with respect to advice of the International Trade Commission
and under Section 132 of the Act with respect to advice of
the departments of the Federal Government and other sources,
are delegated to the Special Representative. The functions
of the President under Section 133 of the Act with respect
to public hearings in connection with certain trade negotiations
are delegated to the Special Representative, who shall designate
an interagency committee to hold and conduct any such hearings
Sec. 3. Section 4 of the Order is further amended by
adding the following new subsection (g):
"(g) All reports, findings, advice, determinations,
hearing transcripts, briefs, and information which, under
the terms of the Act, the International Trade Commission is
required to furnish to the President shall be transmitted
to the President through the Special Representative. "
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Sec. 4. Section 8 of the Order is amended by adding
the following new subsections (c) and (d):
"(c) The Committee, through the Special Representative,
shall perform the functions of the President specified in
Section 503(a) of the Act, with respect to publishing and
furnishing to the International Trade Commission lists of
articles that may be considered for designation as eligible
articles for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences.
"(d) The Committee, through the Special Representative,
to the extent necessary to determine the applicability of
the provisions of Section 504 (d) of the Act to any eligible
article, shall perform the functions of the President under
Section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, with
respect to requests for investigations by, and reports from,
the International Trade Commission.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 8, 1976
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