Bill Summary
The Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act is a bill that aims to extend duty-free treatment for imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. This bill also includes provisions for restoring eligibility for certain articles to receive preferential treatment under this act. It is enacted by the United States Congress and will remain in effect until September 30, 2035. The bill allows for modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to restore eligibility for certain articles that were previously eligible for preferential treatment but became ineligible due to revisions to the tariff schedule. The effective date of these modifications will be at least 2 business days after the President submits a report to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means explaining the reasons for the changes.
Possible Impacts
1. The extension of duty-free treatment for imports from Haiti could benefit Haitian businesses and workers by making their products more competitive in the US market, potentially leading to increased exports and economic growth.
2. The increase in the quantity of apparel articles eligible for preferential treatment could benefit US consumers by providing a wider range of affordable clothing options.
3. The restoration of eligibility for certain articles under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act could benefit both US and Haitian businesses by promoting trade and increasing access to a variety of goods for consumers in both countries.
[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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