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[CITE: 22USC1354]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 15--THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
 
      SUBCHAPTER IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADE RELATIONS
 
Sec. 1354. Quotas on Philippine articles


(a) to (c) Omitted

(d) Investigations by International Trade Commission

    The United States International Trade Commission shall at the 
request of the President, upon resolution of either House of Congress or 
concurrent resolution of both Houses of Congress, upon its own motion, 
or when in its judgment there is good reason therefor, upon application 
of any interested party, make an investigation to ascertain (1) whether 
imports of a Philippine article (other than an article for which a quota 
is established by part 2 of subchapter I of this chapter) are coming, or 
are likely to come, into substantial competition with like articles 
which are the product of the United States; (2) what is the greatest 
amount of such article which may be entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, in the United States for consumption, without coming into 
substantial competition with like articles which are the product of the 
United States; and (3) the total amount of such article which (during 
the twelve months ended on the last day of the month preceding the month 
in which occurs the date of the beginning of the investigation) was 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, in the United States for 
consumption. During the course of the investigation the Commission shall 
hold a public hearing, of which reasonable public notice shall be given 
and at which parties interested shall be afforded reasonable opportunity 
to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard. The Commission 
shall give precedence to such investigations. The Commission shall 
report the results of its investigations to the President, and shall 
send copies of such report to each House of the Congress.

(Apr. 30, 1946, ch. 244, title V, Sec. 504, 60 Stat. 156; Pub. L. 93-
618, title I, Sec. 171(b), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2009.)


                        Suspension of Provisions

    Section not applicable during such time as the revised agreement 
between the United States and the Philippines is in effect, see section 
1373 of this title.

                       References in Text

    Part 2 of subchapter I of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), 
was omitted from the Code. See Codification note set out under section 
1261 of this title.

                          Codification

    Subsec. (a) of this section, which provided that the President 
establish quotas on Philippine articles, was omitted on authority of 
subsec. (c) of this section which provided that no quota so established 
continue in effect after the expiration of the executive agreement which 
expiration occurred on July 4, 1974. Subsec. (b) of this section, which 
provided for the maximum and minimum quotas, was omitted on authority of 
subsec. (c) of this section. Subsec. (c) provided for the duration of 
the quotas.


                               Amendments

    1975--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-618 substituted ``United States 
International Trade Commission'' for ``United States Tariff 
Commission''.


                             Effective Date

    Section 512 of act Apr. 30, 1946, provided that: ``This Act 
[enacting subchapters I to IV of this chapter; sections 2470(a)(2) and 
2800(a)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939; and section 734 of 
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions] shall take effect on the 
day after the date of its enactment [Apr. 30, 1946], except Part 2 of 
Title II [enacting sections 1261 to 1266 of this title], which shall 
take effect as of January 1, 1946.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of act Apr. 30, 1946, provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
subchapters I to IV of this chapter, amending section 1393 of this 
title, sections 2470 and 2800 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and 
section 734 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions, repealing 
section 1301 of Title 19, Customs Duties, sections 2476, and 3340 to 
3343 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, and section 1243 of Title 48] 
may be cited as the `Philippine Trade Act of 1946'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1373 of this title.
