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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 742 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti |
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| 6 | 6 | | under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASSIDY(for himself, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. SCOTTof |
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| 11 | 11 | | Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 12 | 12 | | to the Committee on Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to im- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic |
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| 16 | 16 | | Recovery Act, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Economic Lift 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Program Extension Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 742 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULES FOR HAITI UNDER 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ACT. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) is amended— 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (b)— 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i) by amending subparagraph 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B)(v)(I) to read as follows: 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(I) A |
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| 35 | 35 | | PPLICABLE PERCENT -10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | AGE.—The term ‘applicable percent-11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | age’ means 60 percent or more on and 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | after December 20, 2017.’’; and 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | read as follows: 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(C) Q |
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| 42 | 42 | | UANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS .—The 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | preferential treatment described in subpara-17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | graph (A) shall be extended, during each period 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | after the initial applicable 1-year period, to not 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | meter equivalents of all apparel articles im-21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ported into the United States in the most re-22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cent 12-month period for which data are avail-23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | able.’’; and 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in each 25 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the 16 succeeding 1-year periods’’ each place 26 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 742 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | it appears and inserting ‘‘in any of the suc-1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ceeding 1-year periods’’; and 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | lows: 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(h) T |
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| 61 | 61 | | ERMINATION.—The duty-free treatment pro-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | vided under this section shall remain in effect until Sep-6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tember 30, 2035.’’. 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ARTI-8 |
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| 65 | 65 | | CLES FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT. 9 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (a) I |
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| 67 | 67 | | NGENERAL.—The President shall proclaim such 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | United States as may be necessary to restore the eligibility 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of articles described in subsection (b) for preferential 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | treatment under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a). 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (b) A |
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| 74 | 74 | | RTICLESDESCRIBED.—An article described in 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | this subsection is an article that— 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (1) was eligible for preferential treatment under 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) on December 20, 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 2006; and 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (2) became ineligible for such treatment after 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | that date and before the date of the enactment of 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | this Act as a result of revisions to the Harmonized 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | Tariff Schedule. 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (c) EFFECTIVEDATE OFPROCLAMATION.—A procla-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | mation under subsection (a) shall take effect not earlier 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | than 2 business days after the President submits to the 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | report on the proclamation and the reasons for the modi-6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | fications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule under the 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | proclamation. 8 |
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