119-hr1625

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1625 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1625

 To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from 
 Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other 
 purposes.

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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

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 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.
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