The Committee shall terminate on December 31, 1987, unless sooner extended.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including section 144 of Public Law 99-500 and section 144 of Public Law 99-591, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Charter 77 served for 10 years as a champion of civil and human rights.

Let us remember that respect for those rights, for the freedom and dignity of individuals, is also the bedrock on which any true and enduring peace between our countries must be built.

I have determined that the inability of the Government of Canada to collect an export charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States of America is necessary to enforce the rights of the United States under a…

This agreement with the Government of Canada will enhance the ability of our softwood lumber industry to compete.

I believe that the preferable solution is to open foreign markets, not to close our own.

Fulfillment of the objectives and commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding is of critical importance.

The temporary surcharge I have declared is necessary to prevent an increase in exports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada.

This increase shall go into effect on December 31, 1986, and will terminate when the Government of Canada begins to collect the export charge.

Subpart B of part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is modified, with respect to products of Canada imported into the United States by adding an additional duty of 15 percent ad valorem to those products listed…

I have decided that expeditious action is required, and to increase temporarily the rates of duty on imports from Canada of the softwood lumber products.