H.R. 6500

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6500 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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Calendar No. 320
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6500

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2026

Received

February 9, 2026

Read the first time

February 10, 2026

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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AN ACT

To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from 
certain countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity 
Act, to extend customs user fees, 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 ``AGOA Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN 
AFRICA UNDER AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT; 
RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.

(a) Extension.--
(1) Trade act of 1974.--Section 506B of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ``September 30, 
2025'' and inserting ``December 31, 2028''.
(2) African growth and opportunity act.--
(A) In general.--Section 112(g) of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(g)) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2028''.
(B) Regional apparel article program.--Section 
112(b)(3)(A) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``21 
succeeding'' and inserting ``24 succeeding''; 
and
(ii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking 
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 
31, 2028''.
(C) Third-country fabric program.--Section 
112(c)(1) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 
U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is amended--
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
``september 30, 2025'' and inserting ``december 
31, 2028'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 
31, 2028''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 
31, 2028''.
(b) Retroactive Application.--
(1) 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 
section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) would 
have applied if the entry had been made on September 30, 2025, 
that was made--
(A) after September 30, 2025, and
(B) 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.
(2) 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--
(A) to locate the entry; or
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
located.
(3) 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).
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Covered article.--The term ``covered article'' 
means an article from a country that is designated by 
the President as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country under section 104 of the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) as of the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Entry.--The term ``entry'' includes a 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.

(a) In General.--Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2031'' 
and inserting ``December 31, 2031''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``September 30, 
2031'' and inserting ``December 31, 2031''.
(b) Rate for Merchandise Processing Fees.--Section 503 of the 
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 
3805 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2031'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2031''.

Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.
Calendar No. 320

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6500

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from 
certain countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity 
Act, to extend customs user fees, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

February 10, 2026

Read the second time and placed on the calendar