H.R. 6504

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6504 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6504

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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AN ACT

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''.

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 December 31, 2028.''.

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.

SEC. 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.

Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.