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articles from certain beneficiary developing countries.
    13. Pursuant to section 503(d) of the 1974 Act, I have determined 
that the competitive need limitations of section 503(c)(2)(A) should be 
waived with respect to certain eligible articles from certain 
beneficiary developing countries. I have received the advice of the 
International Trade Commission on whether any industries in the United 
States are likely to be adversely affected by such waiver, and I have 
determined, based on that advice and on the considerations described in 
sections 501 and 502(c), that such waivers are in the national economic 
interest of the United States.
    14. Section 604 of the 1974 Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), 
authorizes the President to embody in the HTS the substance of the 
relevant provisions of that Act, and of other acts affecting import 
treatment, and actions thereunder, including the removal, modification, 
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other import 
restriction.
    Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of 
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including but not limited to 
title V and section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that:
    (1) In order to provide that one or more countries that have not 
been treated as beneficiary developing countries with respect to one or 
more eligible articles should be redesignated as beneficiary developing 
countries with respect to such article or articles for purposes of the 
GSP, and, in order to provide that one or more countries should no 
longer be treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to 
one or more eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, general note 4(d) 
to the HTS is modified as provided in section A of Annex I to this 
proclamation.
    (2) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for 
purposes of the GSP, the HTS is modified by amending and sub-dividing 
the nomenclature of certain existing HTS subheadings as provided in 
section B of Annex I to this proclamation.
    (3) (a) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles 
for purposes of the GSP when imported from any beneficiary developing 
country, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for such HTS subheadings 
is modified as provided in section C(1) of Annex I to this proclamation.
     (b) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for 
purposes of the GSP when imported from any beneficiary developing 
country other than India, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for such 
HTS subheadings is modified as provided for in section C(2) of Annex I 
to this proclamation.
     (c) In order to designate certain articles as eligible articles for 
purposes of the GSP when imported from any least-developed beneficiary 
developing country, the Rates of Duty 1-Special subcolumn for such HTS 
subheadings is modified as provided in section C(3) of Annex I to this 
proclamation.
     (d) In order to provide preferential tariff treatment under the GSP 
to a beneficiary developing country that has been excluded

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from the benefits of the GSP for certain eligible articles, the Rates of 
Duty 1-Special subcolumn for such HTS subheadings is modified as 
provided for in section C(4) of Annex I to this proclamation.
     (e) In order to provide that one or more countries should not be 
treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect to certain 
eligible articles for purposes of the GSP, the Rates of Duty 1-Special 
subcolumn for such HTS subheadings is modified as provided for in 
section C(5) of Annex I to this proclamation.
    (4) A waiver of the application of section 503(c)(2)(A)(i)(II) of 
the 1974 Act shall apply to the eligible articles in the HTS subheadings 
and to the beneficiary developing countries listed in Annex II to this 
proclamation.
    (5) A waiver of the application of section 503(c)(2)(A) of the 1974 
Act shall apply to the eligible articles in the HTS subheading and to 
the beneficiary developing countries set forth in Annex III to this 
proclamation.
    (6) Any provisions of previous proclamations or Executive orders 
that are inconsistent with the actions taken in this proclamation are 
superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.
    (7) (a) The modifications made by Annex I to this proclamation shall 
be effective with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after July 1, 2003.
     (b) The actions taken in Annex II to this proclamation shall be 
effective on July 1, 2003.
     (c) The actions taken in Annex III to this proclamation shall be 
effective on the date of publication of this proclamation in the Federal 
Register.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day 
of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
seventh.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:39 a.m., July 1, 
2003]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on July 1, and it and its attached annexes were published in 
the Federal Register on July 2.


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Memorandum Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance to 
Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal 
Court

June 30, 2003

 Presidential Determination No. 2003-27

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Waiving Prohibition on United States Military Assistance to 
Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal 
Court

    Consistent with the authority vested in me by section 2007 of the 
American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2002, title II of Public Law 
107-206 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.), I hereby determine that:
    (1) Gabon, the Gambia, Mongolia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and 
Tajikistan have each entered into an agreement with the United States 
pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International 
Criminal Court from proceeding against U.S. personnel present in such 
countries and waive the prohibition of section 2007(a) of the American 
Servicemembers' Protection Act with respect to these countries for as 
long as such agreement remains in force;
    (2) it is important to the national interest of the United States to 
waive, until November 1, 2003, the prohibition of section 2007(a) with 
respect to Afghanistan, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, East 
Timor, Ghana, Honduras, and Romania, and waive that prohibition with 
respect to these countries until that date; and
    (3) it is important to the national interest of the United States to 
waive, until January 1, 2004, the prohibition of section 2007(a) with 
respect to Albania, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Panama, and Uganda, 
and waive that prohibition with respect to these countries until that 
date.

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    You are authorized and directed to report this determination to the 
Congress, and to arrange for its publication in the Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

Note: This memorandum was released by the Office of the Press Secretary 
on July 1.


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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National 
Emergency With Respect to Libya

June 30, 2003

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    Consistent with section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 
U.S.C. 1641(c), section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and section 505(c) of the International 
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, 22 U.S.C. 2349aa-9(c), 
I am transmitting a 6-month periodic report prepared by my 
Administration on the national emergency with respect to Libya that was 
declared in Executive Order 12543 of January 7, 1986.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the 
Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
July 1.


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Remarks at the KIPP DC: KEY Academy

July 1, 2003

    Thank you all very much. Thanks for coming. Please be seated. Thanks 
for coming. I'm honored that--I'm honored you'd have me--[laughter]--
here at KIPP Academy. Susan, thanks for your hospitality.
    I know something about KIPP Academy, the network. The reason I do 
is, when I was the Governor of Texas, I went to a school in Houston that 
was called KIPP Academy. Nobody had ever heard of it. I think Steve--is 
that you back there, Steve? No, it's not. I thought Steve was here. You 
look like Steve. [Laughter] And they said--the principal--and they said, 
``Come by the school.'' And it was full of kids that were not supposed 
to be able to learn. You know, our State at that time was suffering what 
I call the soft bigotry of low expectations. Perhaps that's happening in 
places in the District as well. You see, when you lower the bar, that's 
what you get, low results. So they had labeled these kids, you know, 
unable to learn, difficult to learn.
    So I go to this KIPP Academy. And first of all, I was overwhelmed by 
the spirit of the kids, the involvement of the parents, the dedication 
of the teachers, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the principal. And 
then I said, ``Well, are you making any progress here at KIPP Academy 
with these so-called hard to educate?'' And the answer was, ``Yes. 
They're the best middle school in the city of Houston.'' The reason we 
knew is because we measured. We wouldn't have known that had we not 
measured.
    The KIPP Academy sets high standards. It's got the absolute right 
attitude for education, in my judgment. First of all, it says, ``Every 
child can learn. We refuse to condemn any child to mediocrity and 
failure. We have high standards; we have high expectations; and we're 
going to meet those high standards and high expectations with a 
curriculum which works.''
    And so I want to congratulate you, Susan, and the KIPP Academy 
entrepreneurs who are challenging mediocrity on a daily basis and 
raising standards for those who in some communities have been condemned 
to failure. Thanks for having us here, and thanks for the bright example 
you've set.
    What we're really here is to talk about how do we make sure that the 
education system works for everybody. That's why the act that we passed 
out of Congress, the law, was called the No Child Left Behind Act. And 
the reason why it was called the No Child Left Behind Act, it set out a 
goal for the country that every child deserves a good education. And it 
said no child should be left behind, which means we'd better understand 
whether any--we'd better answer the question, ``Is every child 
learning?''

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    But that wasn't the case oftentimes in America, public schools. We 
didn't know whether or not we were achieving what we expected. And so we 
passed this law. And the law basically said, in return for Federal 
dollars, the Federal Government will finally start asking the question, 
``What are the results?''--that we expect to spend money, and as a 
matter of fact, we set record levels of expenditure for elementary and 
secondary education programs and Title I programs. That's an obligation 
of the Federal Government. We met the obligation with the largest budget 
increases in our history. But instead of just spending money, we're 
starting to ask the question, ``What's happening in the classrooms.'' 
And if things are good, we want to praise the schools that are working, 
like KIPP Academy. But if we find things are lousy and children are 
being left behind, instead of just accepting the status quo, it is now 
time for our society to challenge failure. And that's what we're doing.
    And I'm proud of Washington, DC. Washington, DC, is willing to 
challenge failure and to praise success. This is not an easy issue for 
some in the political process. It is hard to take on the established 
order, particularly when you have to blow the whistle on failure. Nobody 
likes to have the whistle blown. But for the sake of our children, we 
need to be blowing whistles. And so I appreciate very much the Mayor. 
Mayor Williams has stood strong, along with the Councilman Chavous. And 
I appreciate my friend David being here as well, for standing strong and 
making sure that the children--we focus on results, not process.
    I want to thank very much my friend Rod Paige. When I hired--hired--
I asked Rod to join me. I didn't hire him. [Laughter] He gets hired by 
school boards, not by Presidents. [Laughter] I was interested in 
somebody that actually had been on the frontlines of public school 
education. He had a tough job in Texas. He was running the Houston 
Independent School District, which is a heck of a lot tougher than being 
President. [Laughter] And the results in Houston were exceptional 
because Rod challenged the soft bigotry of low expectations and raised 
the bar. And he understands you've got to hold people accountable in 
life. And so he's doing a fine job for our country.
    And Peggy, I appreciate you being here, too. Peggy is the head of 
the school board. That is a tough job. That's a tough job, and I thank 
you for taking it on.
    I appreciate the Members of Congress coming. Tom, I'm glad you're 
here. I'm honored you're here. He's the chairman of the House Government 
Reform Committee. He is concerned about making sure DC functions well, 
its schools function well. He's going to work closely with the Mayor. 
And Rodney Frelinghuysen is here as well. He's the House Appropriations 
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. I'm sure he and the Mayor 
spend a lot of time talking and coming up with the amount of money the 
Mayor thinks is appropriate to run this important city. My only 
admonition is to make sure the potholes in front of the White House are 
full. [Laughter]
    But I want to thank you guys for coming here today. We're going to 
talk about an extremely important initiative that will make a difference 
in the lives of children here in the city. And I want to describe it a 
little bit, this Federal initiative that is going to serve as a model 
for the rest of the country. I want my second home to become a model of 
excellence so that when people see the educational entrepreneurial 
spirit alive and well in DC, they realize they can do the same in their 
own communities.
    Father McCarrick, thank you for coming, too, sir. I appreciate the--
I appreciate your presence. I appreciate the excellence of the Catholic 
school system, not only here in Washington but around the country. I 

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