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Addresses and Remarks
See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Congressional leaders, meeting--784
Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, dedication
ceremony--757
Federal judiciary, nominations--784
Michigan, Vandenberg Elementary School in Southfield--751
Milton Friedman, tribute--782
Ohio
Gov. Bob Taft, luncheon in Columbus--795
St. Stephen's Community House in Columbus--791
Radio address--745
Senator Ted Stevens, reception--787
White House Correspondents' Association dinner--746
White House tee-ball, 2002 opening day--748
Wisconsin
Clarke Street Elementary School in Milwaukee--767
Logan High School in La Crosse--767
Rufus King International Baccalaureate High School in
Milwaukee--762
Communications to Congress
Afghanistan, message on restoration of normal trade relations
treatment--743
Communications to Congress--Continued
Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, letter transmitting
report--762
Lithuania-U.S. extradition treaty, message transmitting--756
Peru-U.S. extradition treaty, message transmitting--773
Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of
America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the
Application of Safeguards in the United States of America,
message transmitting--790
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, message
transmitting--756
Communications to Federal Agencies
Designation of Officers, memorandums
Department of Health and Human Services--774
Department of Housing and Urban Development--775
Department of the Interior--776
Department of Justice--776
Department of Transportation--777
Department of the Treasury--778
Department of Veterans Affairs--778
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)
Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on May 10, the
closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in
this issue will be printed next week.
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Contents--Continued
Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued
Designation of Officers, memorandums--
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Environmental Protection Agency--779
Federal Emergency Management Agency--779
General Services Administration--780
National Archives and Records Administration--781
Office of Personnel Management--781
Social Security Administration--782
Interviews With the News Media
Exchanges with reporters
Camp David, MD--744
Oval Office--759, 773
Roosevelt Room--784
Southfield, MI--750
Meetings With Foreign Leaders
Israel, Prime Minister Sharon--759
Jordan, King Abdullah II--773
Spain, President Aznar--744
Proclamations
Mother's Day--786
National Tourism Week--755
Proclamations--Continued
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week--800
Small Business Week--749
To Restore Nondiscriminatory Trade Treatment (Normal Trade Relations
Treatment) to the Products of Afghanistan--743
Statements by the President
Burma's release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi--755
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, end of the standoff--800
Pakistan, terrorist attack in Karachi--772
Russian Federation's Republic of Dagestan, terrorist attack--786
Supplementary Materials
Acts approved by the President--805
Checklist of White House press releases--804
Digest of other White House announcements--801
Nominations submitted to the Senate--803
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Week Ending Friday, May 10, 2002
Proclamation 7553--To Restore Nondiscriminatory Trade Treatment (Normal
Trade Relations Treatment) to the Products of Afghanistan
May 3, 2002
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
1. Section 118(a)(1) of Public Law 99-190, 99 Stat. 1319, authorized
the President to deny nondiscriminatory trade treatment to the products
of Afghanistan and thereby cause such products to be subject to the rate
of duty in column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS).
2. Presidential Proclamation 5437 of January 31, 1986, modified the
HTS so as to deny nondiscriminatory trade treatment to the products of
Afghanistan.
3. Restoration of nondiscriminatory trade treatment will support
U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Afghanistan and facilitate
increased trade with the United States, which could contribute to
economic growth and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding its economy.
4. Pursuant to section 118(c)(1) of Public Law 99-190, I have
determined that it is appropriate to restore nondiscriminatory trade
treatment to the products of Afghanistan and thereby cause such products
to be subject to the applicable rate of duty in column 1 of the HTS.
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, including section 118 of Public Law
99-190, and section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C.
2483), do hereby proclaim that:
(1) Nondiscriminatory trade treatment (normal trade relations
treatment) shall be restored to the products of Afghanistan;
(2) General note 3(b) of the HTS is modified to exclude Afghanistan;
and
(3) The restoration of nondiscriminatory trade treatment and the
modification to general note 3(b) of the HTS shall be effective with
respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption,
on or after the thirtieth day after the date of publication of this
proclamation in the Federal Register.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand two, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., May 6, 2002]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on May 7.
This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate
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Week Ending Friday, May 10, 2002
Message to the Congress on the Restoration of Normal Trade Relations
Treatment to the Products of Afghanistan
May 3, 2002
To the Congress of the United States:
Public Law 99-190, 99 Stat. 1319, which took effect on December 19,
1985, authorized the President to deny normal trade relations (NTR)
tariff treatment to the products of Afghanistan. On January 31, 1986,
President Reagan issued a proclamation denying NTR treatment to
Afghanistan.
I have determined that it is appropriate to restore NTR treatment to
the products of Afghanistan. Restoration of NTR treatment will support
U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Afghanistan and facilitate
increased trade with the United States, which could contribute to
economic growth and assist Afghanistan in rebuilding its economy.
Therefore, in accordance with section 118 of
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Public Law 99-190, I hereby provide notice that I have issued the
attached proclamation restoring NTR tariff treatment to the products of
Afghanistan. The Proclamation shall take effect 30 days after it is
published in the Federal Register.
George W. Bush
The White House,
May 3, 2002.
Note: This item was not received in time for publication in the
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