..."(1) To enter into foreign trade agreements with foreign governments or instrumentalities thereof; and "(2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...trade agreements, as are required or appropriate to curry out any foreign trade agreement that the President has entered into hereunder. No proclamation...

..."(1) To enter into foreign trade agreements with foreign governments or instrumentalities thereof; and "(2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties and other import restrictions, cr such additional import restrictions, or such continuance, and for such minimum periods, of existing...

...and then comes the language to which you refer, Senator. Senator GORE. Yes. Mr. SAYRE (continuing). or such continuance, and for such minimum periods,...of any article covered by foreign trade agreements. — -Your question is, What do we mean by that "excise treatment", and why is it necessary to have...

...section 350 (a) of HR 8430, which is as follows: (The suggested amendment, shown in italics, follows:) (2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...restrictions, or such additional import restrictions, or the continuance for such minimum period of existing customs or excise treatment of any article, as...

...Lerch, isn't that exactly the purpose of the language to which you just objected? Paragraph 2 on page 2 — To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...restrictions, or such additional import restrictions, and for such minimum periods of existing customs or excise treatment of any article covered by foreign...

...and now. There is a provision in the act which does authorize the President — I quote from the act: To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...of any article covered by foreign trade agreements. In other words Senator CONNALLY. I do not think we have any constitutional authority to grant anybody...

..."(1) To enter into foreign trade agreements with foreign governments or instrumentalities thereof; and "(2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...excise treatment of any article covered by foreign 833 trade agreements, as are required or appropriate to carry out any foreign trade agreement that...

..."(1) To enter into foreign trade agreements with foreign governments or instrumentalities thereof; and "(2) To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...excise treatment of any article covered by foreign Octohcr 11 1M1 IE. AB 277] 19 U. 8. 0. H 136113Mi trade agreements, as are required or appropriate...

...duties and other import restrictions — and this next is the language which concerns the matter — "or such continuance, and for such minimum periods,...any article covered by foreign trade agreements." The CHAIRMAN. Dr. Sayre, since they brought my name into this discussion, for which I am sorry, it...

...anol now. There is a provision in the act which does authorize the President — I quote from the act: To proclaim such modifications of existing duties...import restrictions, or such continuance, and for such minimuna periods, of existing customs or excise treatment of any article covered by foreign trade agreements....