Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
4 shown · Jul '06
This proclamation implements the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement by modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to establish preferential tariff treatment, rules of origin, and tariff-rate quotas. It also removes Bahrain from the Generalized System of Preferences, authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to create an office for dispute panel assistance, delegates textile enforcement authority to CITA, and updates U.S.-Singapore FTA rules of origin effective August 1, 2006.
President Bush continued for one year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13348, which blocks property of certain persons linked to former Liberian President Charles Taylor and prohibits importing certain goods from Liberia. The notice cites ongoing fragility in Liberia's democratic transition and the lasting destabilizing effects of Taylor's resource exploitation as justification for extending sanctions beyond their July 22, 2006 expiration date.
This memorandum delegates the President's reporting functions under section 1321 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 to the Secretary of State. The assigned functions relate to Russian debt reduction for nonproliferation purposes. The Secretary is directed to publish the memorandum in the Federal Register.
President Bush establishes a three-member emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate an unresolved labor dispute between SEPTA and its locomotive engineers represented by BLET. The board takes effect July 8, 2006, must report within 30 days, and during its existence plus 120 days total, neither party may change disputed working conditions without mutual agreement.