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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10366 

To reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Mr. JAMES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2024’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Extension of African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

Sec. 3. Review, enforcement, and reporting requirements. 

Sec. 4. Improving utilization of African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

Sec. 5. Graduation of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. 

Sec. 6. Modification of eligibility requirements. 

Sec. 7. Report on enforcement of prohibition on importation of goods made 

with forced labor. 

Sec. 8. Reports on implementation and potential trade agreements. 


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Sec. 9. United States International Trade Commission report on expanding articles covered by African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

Sec. 10. African Growth and Opportunity Act forum and other updates. 

Sec. 11. Updating protections against transshipment of certain textiles and apparel articles. 

Sec. 12. Technical corrections. 

1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPOR2 TUNITY ACT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506B of the Trade Act 

4 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep5 tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2037’’. 

6 (b) AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(g) of the Afri8 can Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

9 3721(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

10 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2037’’. 

11 (2) EXTENSION OF REGIONAL APPAREL ARTI12 CLE PROGRAM.—Section 112(b)(3)(A) of the African 

13 Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

14 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended— 

15 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 suc16 ceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘33 succeeding’’; and 

17 (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘Sep18 tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

19 2037’’. 

20 (3) EXTENSION OF THIRD-COUNTRY FABRIC

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1 and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is 

2 amended— 

3 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

4 ‘‘SEPTEMBER 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘SEP5 TEMBER 30, 2037’’; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Sep7 tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

8 2037’’; and 

9 (C) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 

10 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep11 tember 30, 2037’’. 

12 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 110(c) of 

13 the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 

14 3705 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2037’’. 

16 SEC. 3. REVIEW, ENFORCEMENT, AND REPORTING RE17 QUIREMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506A(a) of the Trade Act 

19 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)) is amended by striking 

20 paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) MONITORING AND REVIEW OF CERTAIN

22 COUNTRIES.— 

23 ‘‘(A) BIENNIAL REVIEW.— 

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1 dent shall monitor, review, and report to 

2 Congress on the progress of each country 

3 listed in section 107 of the African Growth 

4 and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3706) in 

5 meeting the requirements described in 

6 paragraph (1) in order to determine the 

7 current or potential eligibility of the coun8 try to be designated as a beneficiary sub9 Saharan African country for purposes of 

10 this section. 

11 ‘‘(ii) REPORTING.—The President’s 

12 determinations, and explanations of such 

13 determinations, with specific analysis of 

14 the eligibility requirements described in 

15 paragraph (1)(A), shall be included in the 

16 biennial report required by section 

17 106(a)(1). 

18 ‘‘(iii) FREQUENCY.—The President 

19 shall conduct full reviews pursuant to sub20 section (i) with respect to a subset of coun21 tries listed in section 107 of the African 

22 Growth and Opportunity Act chosen in a 

23 manner that ensures that on an annual 

24 basis full reviews are conducted for at least 

25 one half of the countries listed in section 


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1 107 of the African Growth and Oppor2 tunity Act and to ensure that every coun3 try listed in such section 107 is reviewed at 

4 least once every 2 years. 

5 ‘‘(B) OUT OF CYCLE REVIEW.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The President 

7 may, at any time, initiate an out-of-cycle 

8 review of whether a beneficiary sub-Saha9 ran African country is making continual 

10 progress in meeting the requirements de11 scribed in paragraph (1). The President 

12 shall give due consideration to petitions re13 ceived under subsection (d)(3) in deter14 mining whether to initiate an out-of-cycle 

15 review under this subparagraph. 

16 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The President 

17 shall also publicly announce the commence18 ment of each out-of-cycle review conducted 

19 pursuant to this subparagraph unless, 

20 upon prior consultation with the appro21 priate congressional committees, the Presi22 dent determines that such an announce23 ment would not be in the national security 

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1 nounced, the President shall also publicly 

2 announce the results of the review when 

3 concluded. 

4 ‘‘(C) INITIATION OF OUT-OF-CYCLE RE5 VIEWS BY CONGRESS.—If the chairperson and 

6 ranking member of one of the appropriate con7 gressional committees jointly submit a request 

8 for an out-of-cycle review of a beneficiary sub9 Saharan African country based on the assertion 

10 that the country is not making continual 

11 progress in meeting the requirements described 

12 in paragraph (1), the President shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) not later than 15 days after re14 ceiving the request, initiate an out-of-cycle 

15 review of whether the country is making 

16 continual progress in meeting those re17 quirements; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) not later than 45 days after re19 ceiving the request, submit a classified or 

20 unclassified report to the appropriate con21 gressional committees on the review that 

22 includes— 

23 ‘‘(I) the determination of the 

24 President, pursuant to the review, of 

25 whether or not the country is making 


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1 continual progress in meeting the re2 quirements described in paragraph 

3 (1); 

4 ‘‘(II) a description of the consid5 erations entering into that determina6 tion, including a specific analysis of 

7 the requirements described in para8 graph (1); and 

9 ‘‘(III) if the President determines 

10 that the country is not making con11 tinual progress in meeting those re12 quirements, the matters described in 

13 clauses (ii) through (iv) of paragraph 

14 (4)(B). 

15 ‘‘(D) DELEGATION.—If the President dele16 gates responsibility for conducting reviews 

17 under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the 

18 President shall delegate that responsibility 

19 jointly to— 

20 ‘‘(i) the United States Trade Rep21 resentative or a designee of the Trade Rep22 resentative serving in a position to which 

23 the designee was appointed by the Presi24 dent by and with the advice and consent of 

25 the Senate; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of State or a des2 ignee of the Secretary serving in a position 

3 to which the designee was appointed by the 

4 President by and with the advice and con5 sent of the Senate. 

6 ‘‘(3) CONTINUING COMPLIANCE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, pursuant to a re8 view conducted under paragraph (2), the Presi9 dent determines that a beneficiary sub-Saharan 

10 African country is not making continual 

11 progress in meeting the requirements described 

12 in paragraph (1), the President shall, subject to 

13 paragraph (4)— 

14 ‘‘(i) terminate the designation of that 

15 country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri16 can country for purposes of this section; 

17 ‘‘(ii) withdraw, suspend, or limit the 

18 application of duty-free treatment to any 

19 article of the country that is described in 

20 subsection (b)(1) or section 112 of the Af21 rican Growth and Opportunity Act (19 

22 U.S.C. 3721); 

23 ‘‘(iii) issue a warning letter to the 

24 country detailing concerns with the lack of 

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1 quirements described in paragraph (1) and 

2 providing notice that, if corrective action is 

3 not taken before the next review of the 

4 country under paragraph (2), the Presi5 dent may take action under clause (i) or 

6 (ii) based on the results of that review; or 

7 ‘‘(iv) take no action under clause (i), 

8 (ii), or (iii) if the President determines 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(I) the compliance of the coun11 try with the requirements described in 

12 paragraph (1) will be most effectively 

13 promoted by other means; or 

14 ‘‘(II) the economic and foreign 

15 policy interests of the United States 

16 will be most effectively advanced by 

17 taking no action. 

18 ‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—An action taken 

19 under subparagraph (A) shall be effective with 

20 respect to a country— 

21 ‘‘(i) for biennial reviews conducted 

22 under paragraph (2)(A), on January 1 of 

23 the year following the year in which the 

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1 quirements described in paragraph (1) is 

2 made; 

3 ‘‘(ii) for out-of-cycle reviews conducted 

4 under subparagraph (B) or (C) of para5 graph (2), not later than 90 days after 

6 such a determination is made. 

7 ‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION, REPORTING, AND BRIEF8 ING.— 

9 ‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION.—If, pursuant to a re10 view conducted under paragraph (2), the Presi11 dent determines that a beneficiary sub-Saharan 

12 African country is not making continual 

13 progress in meeting the requirements described 

14 in paragraph (1), the President shall notify the 

15 appropriate congressional committees and the 

16 government of the country of the President’s 

17 determination and any action the President is 

18 considering taking not less than 60 days before 

19 taking any action with respect to the country 

20 under paragraph (3)(A) or determining to take 

21 no action as described in clause (iv) of that 

22 paragraph. 

23 ‘‘(B) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

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1 President shall submit to the appropriate con2 gressional committees a classified or unclassi3 fied report, informed by the United States 

4 Trade Representative and the Secretary of 

5 State, that includes— 

6 ‘‘(i) a description of the consider7 ations entering into the determination that 

8 the country is not making continual 

9 progress in meeting the requirements de10 scribed in paragraph (1), including a spe11 cific analysis of those requirements; 

12 ‘‘(ii) an analysis of the expected eco13 nomic and political effects of— 

14 ‘‘(I) the action the President in15 tends to take under paragraph (3)(A) 

16 with respect to the country; or 

17 ‘‘(II) taking no action, if the 

18 President determines to take no ac19 tion as described in clause (iv) of that 

20 paragraph; 

21 ‘‘(iii) an explanation of the role of the 

22 action or determination to take no action 

23 in the overall strategy of the United States 

24 toward the country; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) an explanation of what actions 

2 by the country would result in the restora3 tion of, as applicable— 

4 ‘‘(I) the designation of the coun5 try as a beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri6 can country for purposes of this sec7 tion; or 

8 ‘‘(II) the application of duty-free 

9 treatment to articles of the country. 

10 ‘‘(C) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later 

11 than 30 days after providing notification under 

12 subparagraph (A), the United States Trade 

13 Representative and the Secretary of State shall 

14 provide briefings to the appropriate congres15 sional committees addressing— 

16 ‘‘(i) the findings of the review con17 ducted under paragraph (2); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the contents of the report re19 quired by subparagraph (B).’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title V of the 

21 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 506A (19 U.S.C. 2466a)— 

23 (A) by striking subsection (c); 

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1 (C) in subsection (e)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘BENEFICIARY SUB3 SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, ETC.— 

4 For purposes of this title—’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘DEFINITIONS.—In this title:’’; 

6 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

7 and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec8 tively; and 

9 (iii) by inserting before paragraph (2), 

10 as so redesignated, the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Ways and Means 

15 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Finance and the 

18 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen19 ate.’’; and 

20 (2) in section 506B (19 U.S.C. 2466b), by 

21 striking ‘‘section 506A(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

22 506A(e)’’. 

23 SEC. 4. IMPROVING UTILIZATION OF AFRICAN GROWTH 

24 AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. 

25 (a) MODIFICATION OF DESIGNATION AUTHORITY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 506A(a)(1) of the 

2 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

7 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) if the country has published an 

10 AGOA utilization strategy that meets the re11 quirements of section 118 of the African 

12 Growth and Opportunity Act.’’. 

13 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 

14 by paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) take effect on the date of the enact16 ment of this Act; and 

17 (B) apply with respect to a country that is 

18 a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country as of 

19 such date of enactment and that has not pub20 lished a national utilization strategy as required 

21 by section 118 of the African Growth and Op22 portunity Act (as added by subsection (b)) by 

23 the date that is not later than 1 year after such 

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1 (b) BIENNIAL UTILIZATION STRATEGIES.—Subtitle 

2 B of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

3 3721 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 118. BIENNIAL UTILIZATION STRATEGIES. 

6 ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(A) beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

10 countries should develop utilization strategies 

11 on a biennial basis in order to more effectively 

12 and strategically utilize benefits available under 

13 this Act and section 506A of the Trade Act of 

14 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) (in this section re15 ferred to as ‘AGOA utilization strategies’); 

16 ‘‘(B) United States trade capacity building 

17 agencies should work with, and provide appro18 priate resources to, such sub-Saharan African 

19 countries to assist in developing and imple20 menting biennial AGOA utilization strategies; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(C) as appropriate, and to encourage 

23 greater regional integration, the United States 

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1 ing the Regional Economic Communities to pre2 pare biennial AGOA utilization strategies. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—It is further the sense of 

4 Congress that biennial AGOA utilization strategies 

5 should identify strategic needs and priorities to bol6 ster utilization of benefits available under this Act. 

7 To that end, biennial AGOA utilization strategies 

8 should— 

9 ‘‘(A) review potential exports under this 

10 Act and section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 

11 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) and identify opportunities 

12 and obstacles to increased trade and investment 

13 and enhanced poverty reduction efforts; 

14 ‘‘(B) identify obstacles to regional integra15 tion that inhibit utilization of benefits under 

16 this Act and section 506A of the Trade Act of 

17 1974; 

18 ‘‘(C) set out a plan to take advantage of 

19 opportunities and address obstacles identified in 

20 subparagraphs (A) and (B), improve awareness 

21 of this Act as a program that enhances exports 

22 to the United States, and utilize United States 

23 Agency for International Development regional 

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1 ‘‘(D) set out a strategy to promote small 

2 business and entrepreneurship; and 

3 ‘‘(E) eliminate obstacles to regional trade 

4 and promote greater utilization of benefits 

5 under this Act and section 506A of the Trade 

6 Act of 1974 and establish a plan to promote 

7 full regional implementation of the Agreement 

8 on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Orga9 nization. 

10 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—It is further the sense of 

11 Congress that— 

12 ‘‘(A) each beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

13 country should publish on an appropriate inter14 net website of such country public versions of 

15 its AGOA utilization strategy; and 

16 ‘‘(B) the United States Trade Representa17 tive should publish on the internet website of 

18 the Office of the United States Trade Rep19 resentative public versions of all AGOA utiliza20 tion strategies described in subparagraph (A). 

21 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE TO IMPLEMENT UTILIZATION

22 STRATEGIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each beneficiary sub-Saha24 ran African country that has published an AGOA 

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1 subsection (a) that meets the criteria described in 

2 paragraph (2) of that subsection is eligible for the 

3 assistance described in paragraph (2). 

4 ‘‘(2) TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING ASSIST5 ANCE.—The Administrator of the United States 

6 Agency for International Development should assist 

7 each country that is eligible under paragraph (1) in 

8 the implementation of the AGOA utilization strategy 

9 of the country, including assistance in— 

10 ‘‘(A) developing a business environment 

11 conducive to international trade and invest12 ment; 

13 ‘‘(B) establishing trade-related infrastruc14 ture and industrial zones; 

15 ‘‘(C) conducting export promotion activi16 ties; 

17 ‘‘(D) modernizing and improving customs 

18 operations and procedures; 

19 ‘‘(E) meeting sanitary and phytosanitary 

20 standards; 

21 ‘‘(F) minimizing technical barriers to 

22 trade; 

23 ‘‘(G) protecting intellectual property 

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1 ‘‘(H) implementing the Agreement on 

2 Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Organi3 zation; 

4 ‘‘(I) furthering labor and environmental 

5 standards; and 

6 ‘‘(J) other trade capacity building activi7 ties. 

8 ‘‘(c) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUN9 TRY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘beneficiary sub10 Saharan African country’ has the meaning given that term 

11 in section 506A(e) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

12 2466a(f)).’’. 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 for the African Growth and Opportunity Act is amended 

15 by inserting after the item relating to section 117 the fol16 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 118. Biennial utilization strategies.’’. 

17 (d) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 107 of the 

18 Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Public Law 

19 114–27; 129 Stat. 368) is repealed. 

20 SEC. 5. GRADUATION OF BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRI21 CAN COUNTRIES. 

22 (a) GRADUATION.—Section 506A of the Trade Act 

23 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) is amended by inserting after 

24 subsection (b) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) MANDATORY GRADUATION OF HIGH INCOME

2 COUNTRIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 

4 paragraph (2), if the President determines that a 

5 beneficiary sub-Saharan African country has been 

6 classified, under the official statistics of the Inter7 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

8 as a ‘high income’ country for a period of 5 consecu9 tive years, the President shall terminate the designa10 tion of the country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan Af11 rican country for purposes of this section and as a 

12 beneficiary developing country for purposes of this 

13 title, effective on January 1 of the second year fol14 lowing the year in which that determination is made. 

15 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—After a country has been 

16 designated as ‘high income’ for a period of 5 con17 secutive years as described in paragraph (1), the 

18 President may elect to maintain the designation of 

19 the country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

20 country for purposes of this section and as a bene21 ficiary developing country for purposes of this title 

22 for not more than an additional 5 years to allow for 

23 the negotiation of a free trade agreement with that 

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1 section 116(a) of the African Growth and Oppor2 tunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3723(a)).’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title V of the 

4 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 502(e), by striking ‘‘If the Presi6 dent’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided by section 

7 506A(c), if the President’’; and 

8 (2) in section 506A(a)(1)(B)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘subsections (a), (d), and 

10 (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (d)’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘(other than subsection 

13 (e) of that section)’’ after ‘‘in section 502’’. 

14 SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 

15 (a) MANDATORY DESIGNATION.—Section 104 of the 

16 African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) 

17 is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

18 striking ‘‘is authorized to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 

19 (b) MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

20 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 

21 U.S.C. 3703) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara23 graph (E) to read as follows: 

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1 5404(a) of the Combating Global Corruption 

2 Act (subtitle A of title LIV of Public Law 118– 

3 31);’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

5 inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(3) does not engage in gross violations of 

9 internationally recognized human rights, including 

10 as reflected in the annual Country Reports on 

11 Human Rights Practices of the Department of 

12 State, and cooperates in international efforts to 

13 eliminate human rights violations, including by not 

14 having been— 

15 ‘‘(A) determined to be engaged in a pat16 tern of gross violations of internationally recog17 nized human rights for purposes of— 

18 ‘‘(i) section 701 of the International 

19 Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 

20 262d); or 

21 ‘‘(ii) section 116 or 502B of the For22 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

23 2151n and 2304); 

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1 tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)) 

2 (commonly referred to as ‘tier 3’) in the most 

3 recent report on trafficking in persons required 

4 under that section (commonly referred to as the 

5 ‘Trafficking in Persons Report’); 

6 ‘‘(C) identified on the list published by the 

7 Secretary of State pursuant to section 404(b) 

8 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1(b)) as a country that re10 cruits and uses child soldiers; or 

11 ‘‘(D) designated as a country of particular 

12 concern for religious freedom under section 

13 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the International Religious 

14 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

15 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)); 

16 ‘‘(4) does not provide support for acts of inter17 national terrorism and cooperates in international 

18 efforts to eliminate terrorist activities, including by 

19 not having been determined by the Secretary of 

20 State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of 

21 international terrorism for purposes of— 

22 ‘‘(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Ex23 port Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(B) section 620A of the Foreign Assist2 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

3 ‘‘(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export 

4 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 

5 ‘‘(D) any other provision of law; and 

6 ‘‘(5) is not subject to restrictions on the provi7 sion of assistance to a country the duly elected head 

8 of government of which is deposed by a coup d’e ́tat 

9 or decree under an Act making appropriations for 

10 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re11 lated programs.’’. 

12 SEC. 7. REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION ON 

13 IMPORTATION OF GOODS MADE WITH 

14 FORCED LABOR. 

15 Section 112 of the African Growth and Opportunity 

16 Act (19 U.S.C. 3721) is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

18 subsections (g) and (h); and 

19 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(f) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of the AGOA Exten24 sion and Enhancement Act of 2024, the Secretary of 

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1 sional committees a report on procedures in place to 

2 ensure that any country the textile and apparel arti3 cles of which are receiving preferential treatment 

4 under this section is not exporting those articles to 

5 the United States in violation of— 

6 ‘‘(A) section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 

7 (19 U.S.C. 1307); or 

8 ‘‘(B) section 3 of the Act entitled ‘An Act 

9 to ensure that goods made with forced labor in 

10 the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of the Peo11 ple’s Republic of China do not enter the United 

12 States market, and for other purposes’, ap13 proved December 23, 2021 (Public Law 117– 

14 78; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) (commonly referred 

15 to as the ‘Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention 

16 Act’). 

17 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap19 propriate congressional committees’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Ways and Means 

21 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

22 House of Representatives; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Finance and the 

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1 SEC. 8. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND POTENTIAL 

2 TRADE AGREEMENTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the African 

4 Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3705) is amend5 ed to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 106. REPORTS. 

7 ‘‘(a) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 

9 31, 2024, and biennially thereafter, the President 

10 shall submit to Congress a report on the trade and 

11 investment relationship between the United States 

12 and sub-Saharan African countries and on the im13 plementation of this Act and section 506A of the 

14 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a). 

15 ‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 

16 required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) A description of the status of trade 

19 and investment between the United States and 

20 sub-Saharan Africa, including information on 

21 leading exports to the United States from sub22 Saharan African countries. 

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1 ‘‘(C) A detailed analysis of whether each 

2 beneficiary sub-Saharan African country is con3 tinuing to meet the eligibility requirements set 

4 forth in section 104 and the eligibility criteria 

5 set forth in section 502 of the Trade Act of 

6 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462). 

7 ‘‘(D) A description of the status of re8 gional integration efforts in sub-Saharan Afri9 ca. 

10 ‘‘(E) A summary of United States trade 

11 capacity building efforts. 

12 ‘‘(F) Any other initiatives related to en13 hancing the trade and investment relationship 

14 between the United States and sub-Saharan Af15 rican countries. 

16 ‘‘(b) POTENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REPORT.— 

17 Not later than December 31, 2024, and every 4 years 

18 thereafter, the United States Trade Representative shall 

19 submit to Congress a report that— 

20 ‘‘(1) identifies sub-Saharan African countries 

21 that have a expressed an interest in entering into a 

22 free trade agreement with the United States; 

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1 ran African countries toward entering into a free 

2 trade agreement with the United States; and 

3 ‘‘(3) describes a plan for negotiating and con4 cluding such agreements, which includes the ele5 ments described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) 

6 of section 116(b)(2). 

7 ‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—The reporting requirements of 

8 this section shall cease to have any force or effect after 

9 September 30, 2041.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 for the African Growth and Opportunity Act is amended 

12 by striking the item relating to section 106 and inserting 

13 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 106. Reports.’’. 

14 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 110 of the 

15 AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 (Public 

16 Law 114–27; 19 U.S.C. 3705 note) is repealed. 

17 SEC. 9. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMIS18 SION REPORT ON EXPANDING ARTICLES COV19 ERED BY AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPOR20 TUNITY ACT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 free treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity 

2 Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and section 506A of the 

3 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a). 

4 (b) HEARING.—The Commission shall hold a hearing 

5 to solicit public input on what articles described in sub6 section (a) should be considered in the report required by 

7 that subsection. 

8 (c) ELEMENTS.—In preparing the report required by 

9 subsection (a), the Commission shall consider— 

10 (1) the extent to which duty-free treatment of 

11 articles described in that subsection could expand 

12 exportation of those articles to the United States; 

13 (2) the economic effects of expanded expor14 tation of those articles on the economy of the coun15 try exporting the articles; and 

16 (3) the economic effects of expanded imports of 

17 those articles on the economy of the United States. 

18 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

19 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con20 gressional committees’’ means— 

21 (1) the Committee on Ways and Means and the 

22 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep23 resentatives; and 

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1 SEC. 10. AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT FORUM 

2 AND OTHER UPDATES. 

3 Section 105 of the African Growth and Opportunity 

4 Act (19 U.S.C. 3704) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c)(1), in the first sentence, by 

6 striking ‘‘host the first annual meeting’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘host a meeting on or before September 30 of 

8 each year, in the United States or in Sub-Saharan 

9 Africa,’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

12 ‘‘USIS’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF COM13 MERCE’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘United States Informa15 tion Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 

16 Commerce’’; and 

17 (3) by striking subsection (e). 

18 SEC. 11. UPDATING PROTECTIONS AGAINST TRANS19 SHIPMENT OF CERTAIN TEXTILES AND AP20 PAREL ARTICLES. 

21 (a) REPEAL OF OUTDATED TEXTILE VISA REQUIRE22 MENTS.—The African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 

23 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended— 

24 (1) in section 112 (19 U.S.C. 3721), as amend25 ed by section 7— 

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1 (B) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), 

2 (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) 

3 respectively; and 

4 (2) in section 113 (19 U.S.C. 3722)— 

5 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘an effective visa system, domestic laws,’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘domestic laws’’; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

10 the semicolon and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

11 (iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

12 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 

13 (iv) by striking subparagraph (F); 

14 (B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘the 

15 effectiveness of the visa systems and’’; and 

16 (C) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking 

17 ‘‘visa systems, legislation,’’ and inserting ‘‘legis18 lation’’. 

19 (b) MODIFICATION OF PRODUCTION VERIFICATION

20 TEAM VISITS.—Section 113(c)(2) of the African Growth 

21 and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3722(c)(2)) is amended 

22 to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(2) send production verification teams to bene24 ficiary sub-Saharan African countries as necessary 

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1 SEC. 12. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

2 (a) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DEFINED.—Section 107 

3 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

4 3706) is amended— 

5 (1) inserting after ‘‘State of Eritrea (Eritrea).’’ 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘Kingdom of Eswatini (Eswatini).’’; 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘Ethiopia’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed9 eral Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia)’’; 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘Somalia’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed11 eral Republic of Somalia (Somalia)’’; and 

12 (4) by striking ‘‘Kingdom of Swaziland (Swazi13 land).’’. 

14 (b) NAME OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTEC15 TION.—The African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 

16 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended— 

17 (1) in section 112(d) (19 U.S.C. 3721(d)), in 

18 the flush text, by striking ‘‘The Customs Service’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec20 tion’’; and 

21 (2) in section 113 (19 U.S.C. 3722)— 

22 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘the United States 

2 Customs Service’’ each place it appears 

3 and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

4 Protection’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘The 

6 Customs Service shall monitor and the Commis7 sioner of Customs’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Cus8 toms and Border Protection shall monitor and 

9 the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 

10 Protection’’; and 

11 (C) in subsection (c)— 

12 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik13 ing ‘‘CUSTOMS SERVICE’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTEC15 TION’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Customs Serv17 ice’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor18 der Protection’’. 

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