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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
        CHAPTER 46--SURPLUS DISPOSAL OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
 
Sec. 1854. Agreements limiting imports

    The President may, whenever he determines such action appropriate, 
negotiate with representatives of foreign governments in an effort to 
obtain agreements limiting the export from such countries and the 
importation into the United States of any agricultural commodity or 
product manufactured therefrom or textiles or textile products, and the 
President is authorized to issue regulations governing the entry or 
withdrawal from warehouse of any such commodity, product, textiles, or 
textile products to carry out any such agreement. In addition, if a 
multilateral agreement, including but not limited to the Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 3511(d)(4) of title 19, has 
been or is concluded under the authority of this section among countries 
accounting for a significant part of world trade in the articles with 
respect to which the agreement was concluded, the President may also 
issue, in order to carry out such agreement, regulations governing the 
entry or withdrawal from warehouse of the same articles which are the 
products of countries not parties to the agreement, or countries to 
which the United States does not apply the agreement. Nothing herein 
shall affect the authority provided under section 624 of this title.

(May 28, 1956, ch. 327, title II, Sec. 204, 70 Stat. 200; Pub. L. 87-
488, June 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 104; Pub. L. 103-465, title III, Sec. 332, 
Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4947; Pub. L. 104-295, Sec. 20(c)(8), Oct. 11, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3528.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-295 made technical amendment to reference in 
original act which appears in text as reference to section 3511(d)(4) of 
title 19.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-465 amended second sentence generally. Prior to 
amendment, second sentence read as follows: ``In addition, if a 
multilateral agreement has been or shall be concluded under the 
authority of this section among countries accounting for a significant 
part of world trade in the articles with respect to which the agreement 
was concluded, the President may also issue, in order to carry out such 
an agreement, regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from 
warehouse of the same articles which are the products of countries not 
parties to the agreement.''
    1962--Pub. L. 87-488 authorized President to issue regulations 
governing entry or withdrawal from warehouse of articles which are 
products of countries not parties to a multilateral agreement respecting 
such articles.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective on the date on which the WTO 
Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 
1995), see section 335 of Pub. L. 103-465, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 3591 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

  Ex. Ord. No. 11539. Delegations of Authority Concerning Certain Meats

    Ex. Ord. No. 11539, June 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 10733, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 989, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and section 301 of 
title 3 of the United States Code and as President of the United States, 
it is ordered as follows:
    Section 1. The United States Trade Representative, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of State, 
is authorized to negotiate bilateral agreements with representatives of 
governments of foreign countries limiting the export from the respective 
countries and the importation into the United States of--
    (1) fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat,
    (2) fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of goats and sheep (except 
lambs), and
    (3) prepared and preserved beef and veal (except sausage) if 
articles are prepared, whether fresh, chilled, or frozen, but not 
otherwise preserved, that are the products of such countries.
    Sec. 2. The Secretary of Agriculture, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State and the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations 
[United States Trade Representative], is authorized to issue regulations 
governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption in the 
United States of any such meats to carry out any such agreement.
    Sec. 3. The Commissioner of Customs shall take such actions and 
supply such information to the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to 
entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption in the United States 
of such meats as the Secretary of Agriculture, with the Concurrence of 
the Secretary of State and the Special Representative for Trade 
Negotiations [United States Trade Representative], may request to carry 
out any such agreements or regulations.
    Sec. 4. Heads of departments and heads of agencies are hereby 
authorized to redelegate within their respective departments or agencies 
the functions herein assigned to them, except that the function of 
negotiating agreements delegated to the United States Trade 
Representative by section 1 and the function of issuing regulations 
delegated to the Secretary of Agriculture by section 2 of this order may 
be redelegated only to officials required to be appointed by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, as provided by 3 U.S.C. 301.

              Ex. Ord. No. 11651. Textile Trade Agreements

    Ex. Ord. No. 11651, Mar. 3, 1972, 37 F.R. 4699, as amended by Ex. 
Ord. No. 11951, Jan. 6, 1977, 42 F.R. 1453; Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 
1980, 45 F.R. 989, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956 (76 Stat. 104), as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and 
section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of 
the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. (a) The Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), consisting of 
representatives of the Departments of State, the Treasury, Commerce, and 
Labor, with the representative of the Department of Commerce as 
Chairman, is hereby established to supervise the implementation of all 
textile trade agreements. It shall be located for administrative 
purposes in the Department of Commerce. The United States Trade 
Representative, or his designee, also shall be a member of the 
Committee.
    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the 
Chairman of the Committee, after notice to the representatives of the 
other member agencies, shall take such actions or shall recommend that 
appropriate officials or agencies of the United States take such actions 
as may be necessary to implement each such textile trade agreement: 
Provided, however, that if a majority of the voting members of the 
Committee have objected to such action within ten days of receipt of 
notice from the Chairman, such action shall not be taken except as may 
otherwise be authorized.
    (c) To the extent authorized by the President and by such officials 
as the President may from time to time designate, the Committee shall 
take appropriate actions concerning textiles and textile products under 
Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended [this section], 
and Articles 3 and 8 of the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in 
Textiles done at Geneva on December 20, 1973, and with respect to any 
other matter affecting textile trade policy.
    Sec. 2. (a) The Commissioner of Customs shall take such actions as 
the Committee, acting through its Chairman, shall recommend to carry out 
all agreements and arrangements entered into by the United States 
pursuant to Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended 
[this section], with respect to entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption in the United States of textiles and textile products.
    (b) Under instructions approved by the Committee, the Secretary of 
State shall designate the Chairman of the United States delegation to 
all negotiations and consultations with foreign governments undertaken 
with respect to the implementation of textile trade agreements pursuant 
to this Order. The Secretary of State shall make such representations to 
foreign governments, including the presentation of diplomatic notes and 
other communications, as may be necessary to carry out this Order.
    Sec. 3. Executive Order No. 11052 of September 28, 1962, as amended, 
and Executive Order No. 11214 of April 7, 1965, are hereby superseded. 
Directives issued thereunder to the Commissioner of Customs shall remain 
in full force and effect in accordance with their terms until modified 
pursuant to this Order.
    Sec. 4. This Order shall be effective upon its publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Ex. Ord. No. 11851. Delegation of Authority to Issue Regulations 
                   Limiting Imports of Certain Cheeses

    Ex. Ord. No. 11851, April 10, 1975, 40 F.R. 16645, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854), and section 301 of 
Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United 
States, it is ordered as follows:
    Section 1. The Secretary of the Treasury, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State and the Special Representative for Trade 
Negotiations [now United States Trade Representative], in order to 
implement an agreement concluded in December 1974 with the Commission of 
the European Communities designed to prevent the transshipment to the 
United States of certain cheeses on which restitution payments have been 
made, is authorized to issue regulations:
    (a) to prevent the importation into the Customs Territory of the 
United States, except for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, of certain 
cheeses, originating in member states of the European Communities, upon 
which restitution payments have been made for export to (1) Puerto Rico, 
the Virgin Islands, other United States possessions and territories or 
(2) any country other than the United States;
    (b) to prevent the importation of such cheeses into the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico if such cheeses are imported into the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico for transshipment to other areas of the Customs Territory of 
the United States.
    Sec. 2. Heads of departments and heads of agencies are hereby 
authorized to redelegate within their respective departments or agencies 
the functions herein assigned to them, except that the function of 
issuing regulations delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury by 
Section 1 of this order may be redelegated only to officials required to 
be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 301.
                                                         Gerald R. Ford.

        Ex. Ord. No. 12475. Textile Import Program Implementation

    Ex. Ord. No. 12475, May 9, 1984, 49 F.R. 19955, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States of America, including Section 204 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (76 Stat. 104, 7 U.S.C. 1854), and 
Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to 
prevent circumvention or frustration of multilateral and bilateral 
agreements to which the United States is a party and to facilitate 
efficient and equitable administration of the United States Textile 
Import Program, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. (a) In accordance with policy guidance provided by the 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), through 
its Chairman, in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 
11651, as amended [set out above], the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption of textiles and textile products subject to Section 204 of 
the Act [7 U.S.C. 1854].
    (b) Initial regulations promulgated under this section shall be 
promulgated no later than 120 days after the effective date of this 
order.
    (c) To the extent necessary to implement more effectively the United 
States textile program under Section 204, such regulations shall 
include:
    (i) clarifications in, or revisions to, the country of origin rules 
for textiles and textile products subject to Section 204 in order to 
avoid circumvention of multilateral and bilateral textile agreements;
    (ii) provisions governing withdrawals from a customs bonded 
warehouse of articles subject to this Order transformed, changed or 
manipulated in a warehouse after importation but prior to withdrawal for 
consumption; and
    (iii) any other provisions determined to be necessary for the 
effective and equitable administration of the Textile Import Program.
    (d) Any such regulations may also include provisions requiring 
importers to provide additional information and/or documentation on 
articles subject to this order which are determined to be necessary for 
the effective and equitable administration of the Textile Import 
Program.
    Sec. 2. (a) The Commissioner of Customs shall establish Textile and 
Apparel Task Force (the Task Force) within the United States Customs 
Service to coordinate enforcement of regulations concerning importation 
under the Textile Import Program.
    (b) CITA, through its Chairman, shall, in accordance with the 
provisions of Executive Order No. 11651, as amended [set out above], 
provide information and recommendations to the Task Force, through the 
Department of the Treasury, on implementation and administration of the 
Textile Import Program.
    (c) The Department of Treasury shall, to the extent practicable, 
inform the Chairman of CITA of the progress of all investigations 
concerning textile imports; provide notice to CITA of all requests for 
rulings on matters that could reasonably be expected to affect the 
implementation of the Textile Import Program; and take into 
consideration any comments on such requests that CITA, through its 
Chairman, timely submits.
    Sec. 3. This order supplements, but does not supersede or amend, 
Executive Order No. 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended [set out above].
    Sec. 4. This order shall be effective upon its publication in the 
Federal Register.
                                                          Ronald Reagan.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 19 section 2581.
