Executive Order 11496—Regulation Governing the Entry or Withdrawal From Warehouse of Certain Meat With Respect to Which an Agreement Has Been Concluded

WHEREAS section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1854) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") authorizes the President, whenever he determines such action appropriate, to negotiate with representatives of foreign governments in an effort to obtain agreements limiting the export from such countries and the importation into the United States of any agricultural commodity or product manufactured therefrom, and to issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from warehouse of any such commodity or product to carry out any such agreement; and WHEREAS such an agreement was negotiated with the Government of Honduras by which the Government of Honduras agreed that during the calendar year 1969 exports from such country and imports into the United States for consumption of fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat (item 106.10 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States) and fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of goats and sheep, except lambs (item 106.20 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States) would be limited to an aggregate quantity of 14.1 million pounds; and WHEREAS an aggregate quantity in excess of ' 14.1 million pounds of such meat has been exported from Honduras and has been imported into the United States for consumption during the calendar year 1969: Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and pursuant to section 204 of the Act, it is hereby ordered that the following regulation governing the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of meat, hereinafter specified, shall be effective immediately in order that said agreement entered into with the Government of Honduras may be carried out: No articles provided for in items 106.10 (relating to fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat) and 106.20 (relating to fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of goats and sheep (except lambs)) of part 2B, schedule 1, of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, the product of Honduras, may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in the United States during the remainder of the calendar year 1969. This order shall not apply to meat released under the provisions of section 448 (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1448 (b)) prior to the date of this order. RICHARD NIXON The White House November 21, 1969