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Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2025
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill extends duty-free trade treatment for certain imports from Haiti through September 30, 2035 under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. It modifies apparel-related requirements to allow up to 1.25 percent of all apparel imports from Haiti and removes a previous 16-year limit on the preferential treatment period. The bill also restores eligibility for articles that were duty-free before December 2006 but lost that status due to tariff schedule changes. The President must issue a proclamation with modifications to the tariff schedule, which takes effect after notification to Congress.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL)
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL)
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA)
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL)
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV)
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH)
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX)
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL)
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL)
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL)
Actions (2)
- Feb 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Feb 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2025
Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Salazar, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Correa, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULES FOR HAITI UNDER 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 September 30, 2035.”.
SEC. 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. <all>
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