Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be called the "Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act .
2Extension of special rules for Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
This section would amend section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a), which sets special Haiti duty-free rules. It would redefine the term "applicable percentage" to mean 60 percent or more, effective on and after December 20, 2017. It would set a new quantitative limit so that, during each 1-year period after the initial applicable 1-year period, the preferential treatment could extend to not more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States, measured using the most recent 12-month period for which data are available. It would also remove a separate limit that had restricted another provision in the same subsection to only the 16 succeeding 1-year periods after the initial period, so that provision would instead apply during any of the succeeding 1-year periods, with no 16-period cap. Finally, it would extend the date on which the duty-free treatment under this section ends to December 31, 2028.
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2. Extension of special rules for Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2703a ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by amending subparagraph (B)(v)(I) to read as follows: (I) Applicable percentage The term applicable percentage means 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017. ; and (ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: (C) Quantitative limitations The preferential treatment described in subparagraph (A) shall be extended, during each period after the initial applicable 1-year period, to not more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available. ; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking in each of the 16 succeeding 1-year periods each place it appears and inserting in any of the succeeding 1-year periods ; and (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) Termination The duty-free treatment provided under this section shall remain in effect until December 31, 2028. .
3Restoration of eligibility of certain articles for preferential treatment
This section would require the President to proclaim changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as necessary to restore duty-free eligibility, under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, for any article that was eligible for that preferential treatment on December 20, 2006, and that later became ineligible for it, after that date and before this Act is enacted, because the Harmonized Tariff Schedule was revised. A proclamation making these changes could not take effect until at least 2 business days after the President submits to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means a report on the proclamation and the reasons for the tariff schedule modifications it makes.
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3. Restoration of eligibility of certain articles for preferential treatment (a) In general The President shall proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as may be necessary to restore the eligibility of articles described in subsection (b) for preferential treatment under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2703a ). (b) Articles described An article described in this subsection is an article that— (1) was eligible for preferential treatment under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2703a ) on December 20, 2006; and (2) became ineligible for such treatment after that date and before the date of the enactment of this Act as a result of revisions to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. (c) Effective date of proclamation A proclamation under subsection (a) shall take effect not earlier than 2 business days after the President submits to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the proclamation and the reasons for the modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule under the proclamation.
4Retroactive application
This section would apply retroactively to certain entries of articles from Haiti. Despite the general rule in section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514), which normally makes a customs liquidation final, or any other law, an entry of an article from Haiti that was made on or after September 30, 2025, and before the date this Act is enacted, and that would have qualified for duty-free or other preferential treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act had it instead been entered before September 30, 2025, would be liquidated or reliquidated as though it had been entered on the date of enactment. A liquidation or reliquidation could happen only if a request is filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection no later than 180 days after enactment, containing enough information for the Commissioner either to locate the entry or, if it cannot be located, to reconstruct it. Any amount the United States owes as a result of a liquidation or reliquidation under this section would be paid, without interest, no later than 90 days after the liquidation or reliquidation takes place. For purposes of this section, a covered article means an article from Haiti, and an entry includes a withdrawal from a warehouse for consumption.
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4. Retroactive application (a) In general Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1514 ) or any other provision of law, and subject to paragraph (2), any entry of a covered article to which duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ) would have applied if the entry had been made before September 30, 2025, that was made— (1) on or after September 30, 2025, and (2) before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry occurred on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Requests A liquidation or reliquidation may be made under paragraph (1) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act that contains sufficient information to enable such Commissioner— (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located. (c) Payment of amounts owed Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a covered article under paragraph (1) shall be paid, without interest of any kind, not later than 90 days after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation (as the case may be). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered article The term covered article means an article from Haiti. (2) Entry The term entry includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
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