PREREQUISITE FOR OFFERS.

SEC. 224. PREREQUISITE FOR OFFERS. The President may make an offer for the modification or continuance of any duty or other import restriction, or continuance of duty-free or excise treatment, with respect to any article only after he has 76 Stat. 876received advice concerning such article from the Tariff Commission under section 221(b), or after the expiration of the relevant 6-month period provided for in that section, whichever first occurs, and only after the President has received a summary of the hearings at which an opportunity to be heard with respect to such article has been afforded under section 223.