Volume 68
Public Law 83–464
To extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Approved July 1, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To extend the authority of the President to enter into trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the period during which the President is authorized to enter into foreign-trade agreements under section 350 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
and extended (19 U. S. C., sec. 1351), is hereby extended for a further period of one year from June 12, 1954.
Sec. 2.
No action shall be taken pursuant to such section 350 to decrease the duty on any article if the President finds that such reduction would threaten domestic production needed for projected national defense requirements.
Sec. 3.
The enactment of this Act shall not be construed to determine or indicate the approval or disapproval by the Congress of the
61 Stat. pts. 5 and 6.
Executive agreement known as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
Approved July 1, 1954.