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Union Calendar No. 70 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1891 

[Report No. 114–101] 

To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System 

of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2015 

Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, 

Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. BASS, Mr. 

YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

MAY 1, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

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A BILL 

To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the 

Generalized System of Preferences, the preferential duty 

treatment program for Haiti, and for other purposes. 

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

3 TITLE I—EXTENSION OF AFRI4 CAN GROWTH AND OPPOR5 TUNITY ACT 

6 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘AGOA Extension and 

8 Enhancement Act of 2015’’. 

9 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

10 Congress finds the following: 

11 (1) Since its enactment, the African Growth 

12 and Opportunity Act has been the centerpiece of 

13 trade relations between the United States and sub14 Saharan Africa and has enhanced trade, investment, 

15 job creation, and democratic institutions throughout 

16 Africa. 

17 (2) Trade and investment, as facilitated by the 

18 African Growth and Opportunity Act, promote eco19 nomic growth, development, poverty reduction, de20 mocracy, the rule of law, and stability in sub-Saha21 ran Africa. 

22 (3) Trade between the United States and sub23 Saharan Africa has more than tripled since the en24 actment of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

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1 in 2000, and United States direct investment in sub2 Saharan Africa has grown almost six-fold. 

3 (4) It is in the interest of the United States to 

4 engage and compete in emerging markets in sub-Sa5 haran African countries, to boost trade and invest6 ment between the United States and sub-Saharan 

7 African countries, and to renew and strengthen the 

8 African Growth and Opportunity Act. 

9 (5) The long-term economic security of the 

10 United States is enhanced by strong economic and 

11 political ties with the fastest-growing economies in 

12 the world, many of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. 

13 (6) It is a goal of the United States to further 

14 integrate sub-Saharan African countries into the 

15 global economy, stimulate economic development in 

16 Africa, and diversify sources of growth in sub-Saha17 ran Africa. 

18 (7) To that end, implementation of the Agree19 ment on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade Or20 ganization would strengthen regional integration ef21 forts in sub-Saharan Africa and contribute to eco22 nomic growth in the region. 

23 (8) The elimination of barriers to trade and in24 vestment in sub-Saharan Africa, including high tar25 iffs, forced localization requirements, restrictions on 

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1 investment, and customs barriers, will create oppor2 tunities for workers, businesses, farmers, and ranch3 ers in the United States and sub-Saharan African 

4 countries. 

5 (9) The elimination of such barriers will im6 prove utilization of the African Growth and Oppor7 tunity Act and strengthen regional and global inte8 gration, accelerate economic growth in sub-Saharan 

9 Africa, and enhance the trade relationship between 

10 the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. 

11 SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPOR12 TUNITY ACT. 

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

14 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep15 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

16 (b) AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(g) of the Afri18 can Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 

19 3721(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

20 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

21 (2) EXTENSION OF REGIONAL APPAREL ARTI22 CLE PROGRAM.—Section 112(b)(3)(A) of the African 

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

24 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended— 

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1 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘11 suc2 ceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘21 succeeding’’; and 

3 (B) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘Sep4 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

5 2025’’. 

6 (3) EXTENSION OF THIRD-COUNTRY FABRIC

7 PROGRAM.—Section 112(c)(1) of the African Growth 

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

9 amended— 

10 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘SEPTEMBER 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘SEP12 TEMBER 30, 2025’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Sep14 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

15 2025’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep18 tember 30, 2025’’. 

19 SEC. 104. MODIFICATIONS OF RULES OF ORIGIN FOR DUTY20 FREE TREATMENT FOR ARTICLES OF BENE21 FICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES 

22 UNDER GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF23 ERENCES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506A(b)(2) of the Trade 

25 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(b)(2)) is amended— 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

4 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) the direct costs of processing oper7 ations performed in one or more such bene8 ficiary sub-Saharan African countries or former 

9 beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries shall 

10 be applied in determining such percentage.’’. 

11 (b) APPLICABILITY TO ARTICLES RECEIVING DUTY12 FREE TREATMENT UNDER TITLE V OF TRADE ACT OF

13 1974.—Section 506A(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 

14 U.S.C. 2466a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(3) RULES OF ORIGIN UNDER THIS TITLE.— 

17 The exceptions set forth in subparagraphs (A), (B), 

18 and (C) of paragraph (2) shall also apply to any ar19 ticle described in section 503(a)(1) that is the 

20 growth, product, or manufacture of a beneficiary 

21 sub-Saharan African country for purposes of any de22 termination to provide duty-free treatment with re23 spect to such article.’’. 

24 (c) MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF

25 SCHEDULE.—The President may proclaim such modificamstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tions as may be necessary to the Harmonized Tariff 

2 Schedule of the United States (HTS) to add the special 

3 tariff treatment symbol ‘‘D’’ in the ‘‘Special’’ subcolumn 

4 of the HTS for each article classified under a heading or 

5 subheading with the special tariff treatment symbol ‘‘A’’ 

6 or ‘‘A*’’ in the ‘‘Special’’ subcolumn of the HTS. 

7 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 subsections (a) and (b) take effect on the date of the en9 actment of this Act and apply with respect to any article 

10 described in section 503(b)(1) (B) through (G) of the 

11 Trade Act of 1974 that is the growth, product, or manu12 facture of a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country and 

13 that is imported into the customs territory of the United 

14 States on or after the date that is 30 days after such date 

15 of enactment. 

16 SEC. 105. MONITORING AND REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY 

17 UNDER GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF18 ERENCES. 

19 (a) CONTINUING COMPLIANCE.—Section 506A(a)(3) 

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

21 amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘If the President’’ and inserting 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the President’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The President may 

2 not terminate the designation of a country as a 

3 beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under 

4 subparagraph (A) unless, at least 60 days be5 fore the termination of such designation, the 

6 President notifies Congress and notifies the 

7 country of the President’s intention to termi8 nate such designation, together with the consid9 erations entering into the decision to terminate 

10 such designation.’’. 

11 (b) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF

12 PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.—Section 506A of 

13 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub15 section (d); and 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(c) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF

19 PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may with21 draw, suspend, or limit the application of duty-free 

22 treatment provided for any article described in sub23 section (b)(1) of this section or section 112 of the 

24 African Growth and Opportunity Act with respect to 

25 a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country if the 

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1 President determines that withdrawing, suspending, 

2 or limiting such duty-free treatment would be more 

3 effective in promoting compliance by the country 

4 with the requirements described in subsection (a)(1) 

5 than terminating the designation of the country as 

6 a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for pur7 poses of this section. 

8 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The President may not 

9 withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of duty10 free treatment under paragraph (1) unless, at least 

11 60 days before such withdrawal, suspension, or limi12 tation, the President notifies Congress and notifies 

13 the country of the President’s intention to withdraw, 

14 suspend, or limit such duty-free treatment, together 

15 with the considerations entering into the decision to 

16 terminate such designation.’’. 

17 (c) REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ELIGIBILITY

18 REQUIREMENTS.—Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 

19 (19 U.S.C. 2466a), as so amended, is further amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub21 section (e); and 

22 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(d) REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ELIGI25 BILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

2 (a)(2), the President shall publish annually in the 

3 Federal Register a notice of review and request for 

4 public comments on whether beneficiary sub-Saha5 ran African countries are meeting the eligibility re6 quirements set forth in section 104 of the African 

7 Growth and Opportunity Act and the eligibility cri8 teria set forth in section 502 of this Act. 

9 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC HEARING.—The United States 

10 Trade Representative shall, not later than 30 days 

11 after the date on which the President publishes the 

12 notice of review and request for public comments 

13 under paragraph (1)— 

14 ‘‘(A) hold a public hearing on such review 

15 and request for public comments; and 

16 ‘‘(B) publish in the Federal Register, be17 fore such hearing is held, notice of— 

18 ‘‘(i) the time and place of such hear19 ing; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the time and place at which such 

21 public comments will be accepted. 

22 ‘‘(3) PETITION PROCESS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

24 days after the date of the enactment of this 

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1 ess to allow any interested person, at any time, 

2 to file a petition with the Office of the United 

3 States Trade Representative with respect to the 

4 compliance of any country listed in section 107 

5 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 

6 with the eligibility requirements set forth in sec7 tion 104 of such Act and the eligibility criteria 

8 set forth in section 502 of this Act. 

9 ‘‘(B) USE OF PETITIONS.—The President 

10 shall take into account all petitions filed pursu11 ant to subparagraph (A) in making determina12 tions of compliance under subsections (a)(3)(A) 

13 and (c) and in preparing any reports required 

14 by this title as such reports apply with respect 

15 to beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. 

16 ‘‘(4) OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEWS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President may, at 

18 any time, initiate an out-of-cycle review of 

19 whether a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

20 country is making continual progress in meet21 ing the requirements described in paragraph 

22 (1). The President shall give due consideration 

23 to petitions received under paragraph (3) in de24 termining whether to initiate an out-of-cycle re25 view under this subparagraph. 

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1 ‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 

2 Before initiating an out-of-cycle review under 

3 subparagraph (A), the President shall notify 

4 and consult with Congress. 

5 ‘‘(C) CONSEQUENCES OF REVIEW.—If, 

6 pursuant to an out-of-cycle review conducted 

7 under subparagraph (A), the President deter8 mines that a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

9 country does not meet the requirements set 

10 forth in section 104(a) of the African Growth 

11 and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703(a)), the 

12 President shall, subject to the requirements of 

13 subsections (a)(3)(B) and (c)(2), terminate the 

14 designation of the country as a beneficiary sub15 Saharan African country or withdraw, suspend, 

16 or limit the application of duty-free treatment 

17 with respect to articles from the country. 

18 ‘‘(D) REPORTS.—After each out-of-cycle 

19 review conducted under subparagraph (A) with 

20 respect to a country, the President shall submit 

21 to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and 

22 the Committee on Ways and Means of the 

23 House of Representatives a report on the review 

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1 eficiary sub-Saharan African country or with2 draw, suspend, or limit the application of duty3 free treatment with respect to articles from the 

4 country under subparagraph (C). 

5 ‘‘(E) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Recognizing 

6 that concerns have been raised about the com7 pliance with section 104(a) of the African 

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

9 3703(a)) of some beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri10 can countries, the President should initiate an 

11 out-of-cycle review under subparagraph (A) 

12 with respect to South Africa, the most devel13 oped of the beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

14 countries, and other beneficiary countries as ap15 propriate, not later than 30 days after the date 

16 of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 

17 SEC. 106. BIENNIAL AGOA UTILIZATION STRATEGIES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

19 (1) beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries 

20 should develop utilization strategies on a biennial 

21 basis in order to more effectively and strategically 

22 utilize benefits available under the African Growth 

23 and Opportunity Act (in this section referred to as 

24 ‘‘AGOA utilization strategies’’); 

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1 (2) United States trade capacity building agen2 cies should work with, and provide appropriate re3 sources to, such sub-Saharan African countries to 

4 assist in developing and implementing biennial 

5 AGOA utilization strategies; and 

6 (3) as appropriate, and to encourage greater re7 gional integration, the United States Trade Rep8 resentative should consider requesting the Regional 

9 Economic Communities to prepare biennial AGOA 

10 utilization strategies. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—It is further the sense of Congress 

12 that biennial AGOA utilization strategies should identify 

13 strategic needs and priorities to bolster utilization of bene14 fits available under the African Growth and Opportunity 

15 Act. To that end, biennial AGOA utilization strategies 

16 should— 

17 (1) review potential exports under the African 

18 Growth and Opportunity Act and identify opportuni19 ties and obstacles to increased trade and investment 

20 and enhanced poverty reduction efforts; 

21 (2) identify obstacles to regional integration 

22 that inhibit utilization of benefits under the African 

23 Growth and Opportunity Act; 

24 (3) set out a plan to take advantage of opportu25 nities and address obstacles identified in paragraphs 

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1 (1) and (2), improve awareness of the African 

2 Growth and Opportunity Act as a program that en3 hances exports to the United States, and utilize 

4 United States Agency for International Development 

5 regional trade hubs; 

6 (4) set out a strategy to promote small business 

7 and entrepreneurship; and 

8 (5) eliminate obstacles to regional trade and 

9 promote greater utilization of benefits under the Af10 rican Growth and Opportunity Act and establish a 

11 plan to promote full regional implementation of the 

12 Agreement on Trade Facilitation of the World Trade 

13 Organization. 

14 (c) PUBLICATION.—It is further the sense of Con15 gress that— 

16 (1) each beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun17 try should publish on an appropriate Internet 

18 website of such country public versions of its AGOA 

19 utilization strategy; and 

20 (2) the United States Trade Representative 

21 should publish on the Internet website of the Office 

22 of the United States Trade Representative public 

23 versions of all AGOA utilization strategies described 

24 in paragraph (1). 

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1 SEC. 107. DEEPENING AND EXPANDING TRADE AND IN2 VESTMENT TIES BETWEEN SUB-SAHARAN AF3 RICA AND THE UNITED STATES. 

4 It is the policy of the United States to continue to— 

5 (1) seek to deepen and expand trade and invest6 ment ties between sub-Saharan Africa and the 

7 United States, including through the negotiation of 

8 accession by sub-Saharan African countries to the 

9 World Trade Organization and the negotiation of 

10 trade and investment framework agreements, bilat11 eral investment treaties, and free trade agreements, 

12 as such agreements have the potential to catalyze 

13 greater trade and investment, facilitate additional 

14 investment in sub-Saharan Africa, further poverty 

15 reduction efforts, and promote economic growth; 

16 (2) seek to negotiate agreements with individual 

17 sub-Saharan African countries as well as with the 

18 Regional Economic Communities, as appropriate; 

19 (3) promote full implementation of commit20 ments made under the WTO Agreement (as such 

21 term is defined in section 2(9) of the Uruguay 

22 Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(9))) be23 cause such actions are likely to improve utilization 

24 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and pro25 mote trade and investment and because regular re26 view to ensure continued compliance helps to maximstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 mize the benefits of the African Growth and Oppor2 tunity Act; and 

3 (4) promote the negotiation of trade agreements 

4 that cover substantially all trade between parties to 

5 such agreements and, if other countries seek to ne6 gotiate trade agreements that do not cover substan7 tially all trade, continue to object in all appropriate 

8 forums. 

9 SEC. 108. REPORTS. 

10 (a) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially 

13 thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a 

14 report on the trade and investment relationship be15 tween the United States and sub-Saharan African 

16 countries and on the implementation of this title and 

17 the amendments made by this title. 

18 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report 

19 required by paragraph (1) shall include the fol20 lowing: 

21 (A) A description of the status of trade 

22 and investment between the United States and 

23 sub-Saharan Africa, including information on 

24 leading exports to the United States from sub25 Saharan African countries. 

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1 (B) Any changes in eligibility of sub-Saha2 ran African countries during the period covered 

3 by the report. 

4 (C) A detailed analysis of whether each 

5 such beneficiary sub-Saharan African country is 

6 continuing to meet the eligibility requirements 

7 set forth in section 104 of the African Growth 

8 and Opportunity Act and the eligibility criteria 

9 set forth in section 502 of the Trade Act of 

10 1974. 

11 (D) A description of the status of regional 

12 integration efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. 

13 (E) A summary of United States trade ca14 pacity building efforts. 

15 (F) Any other initiatives related to enhanc16 ing the trade and investment relationship be17 tween the United States and sub-Saharan Afri18 can countries. 

19 (b) POTENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REPORT.—Not 

20 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the United States Trade 

22 Representative shall submit to Congress a report that— 

23 (1) identifies sub-Saharan African countries 

24 that have a expressed an interest in entering into a 

25 free trade agreement with the United States; 

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1 (2) evaluates the viability and progress of such 

2 sub-Saharan African countries and other sub-Saha3 ran African countries toward entering into a free 

4 trade agreement with the United States; and 

5 (3) describes a plan for negotiating and con6 cluding such agreements, which includes the ele7 ments described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) 

8 of section 116(b)(2) of the African Growth and Op9 portunity Act. 

10 (c) TERMINATION.—The reporting requirements of 

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

12 September 30, 2025. 

13 SEC. 109. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

14 Section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity 

15 Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN17 ERAL.—’’; and 

18 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

19 SEC. 110. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this title: 

21 (1) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN

22 COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan Af23 rican country’’ means a beneficiary sub-Saharan Af24 rican country described in subsection (e) of section 

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1 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (as redesignated by 

2 this Act). 

3 (2) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY.—The 

4 term ‘‘sub-Saharan African country’’ has the mean5 ing given the term in section 107 of the African 

6 Growth and Opportunity Act. 

7 TITLE II—EXTENSION OF GEN8 ERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF9 ERENCES 

10 SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF11 ERENCES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 

13 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2465) is amended by striking ‘‘July 31, 

14 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by 

17 subsection (a) shall apply to articles entered on or 

18 after the 30th day after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act. 

20 (2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN

21 LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec23 tion 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

24 1514) or any other provision of law and subject 

25 to subparagraph (B), any entry of a covered armstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ticle to which duty-free treatment or other pref2 erential treatment under title V of the Trade 

3 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.) would 

4 have applied if the entry had been made on 

5 July 31, 2013, that was made— 

6 (i) after July 31, 2013, and 

7 (ii) before the effective date specified 

8 in paragraph (1), 

9 shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though 

10 such entry occurred on the effective date speci11 fied in paragraph (1). 

12 (B) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliqui13 dation may be made under subparagraph (A) 

14 with respect to an entry only if a request there15 for is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Pro16 tection not later than 180 days after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act that contains suffi18 cient information to enable U.S. Customs and 

19 Border Protection— 

20 (i) to locate the entry; or 

21 (ii) to reconstruct the entry if it can22 not be located. 

23 (C) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any 

24 amounts owed by the United States pursuant to 

25 the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a 

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1 covered article under subparagraph (A) shall be 

2 paid, without interest, not later than 90 days 

3 after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation 

4 (as the case may be). 

5 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

6 (A) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘cov7 ered article’’ means an article from a country 

8 that is a beneficiary developing country under 

9 title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

10 2461 et seq.) as of the effective date specified 

11 in paragraph (1). 

12 (B) ENTER; ENTRY.—The terms ‘‘enter’’ 

13 and ‘‘entry’’ include a withdrawal from ware14 house for consumption. 

15 SEC. 202. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN COTTON AR16 TICLES AS ELIGIBLE ARTICLES ONLY FOR 

17 LEAST-DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY DEVEL18 OPING COUNTRIES UNDER GENERALIZED 

19 SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. 

20 Section 503(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

21 2463(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(5) CERTAIN COTTON ARTICLES.—Notwith23 standing paragraph (3), the President may designate 

24 as an eligible article or articles under subsection 

25 (a)(1)(B) only for countries designated as least-demstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 veloped beneficiary developing countries under sec2 tion 502(a)(2) cotton articles classifiable under sub3 heading 5201.00.18, 5201.00.28, 5201.00.38, 

4 5202.99.30, or 5203.00.30 of the Harmonized Tariff 

5 Schedule of the United States.’’. 

6 SEC. 203. APPLICATION OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITA7 TION AND WAIVER UNDER GENERALIZED 

8 SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO 

9 ARTICLES OF BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING 

10 COUNTRIES EXPORTED TO THE UNITED 

11 STATES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2014. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of applying and ad13 ministering subsections (c)(2) and (d) of section 503 of 

14 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) with respect to 

15 an article described in subsection (b) of this section, sub16 sections (c)(2) and (d) of section 503 of such Act shall 

17 be applied and administered by substituting ‘‘October 1’’ 

18 for ‘‘July 1’’ each place such date appears. 

19 (b) ARTICLE DESCRIBED.—An article described in 

20 this subsection is an article of a beneficiary developing 

21 country that is designated by the President as an eligible 

22 article under subsection (a) of section 503 of the Trade 

23 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463) and with respect to which 

24 a determination described in subsection (c)(2)(A) of such 

25 section was made with respect to exports (directly or indimstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 rectly) to the United States of such eligible article during 

2 calendar year 2014 by the beneficiary developing country. 

3 TITLE III—EXTENSION OF PREF4 ERENTIAL DUTY TREATMENT 

5 PROGRAM FOR HAITI 

6 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL DUTY TREAT7 MENT PROGRAM FOR HAITI. 

8 Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re9 covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) is amended as follows: 

10 (1) Subsection (b) is amended as follows: 

11 (A) Paragraph (1) is amended— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (B)(v)(I), by 

13 amending item (cc) to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(cc) 60 percent or more 

15 during the 1-year period begin16 ning on December 20, 2017, and 

17 each of the 7 succeeding 1-year 

18 periods.’’; and 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (C)— 

20 (I) in the table, by striking ‘‘11 

21 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘16 succeeding 1-year periods’’; 

23 and 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘December 19, 

2 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 19, 

3 2025’’. 

4 (B) Paragraph (2) is amended— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik6 ing ‘‘11 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and in7 serting ‘‘16 succeeding 1-year periods’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by strik10 ing ‘‘11 succeeding 1-year periods’’ and in11 serting ‘‘16 succeeding 1-year periods’’. 

12 (2) Subsection (h) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep13 tember 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

14 2025’’. 

15 TITLE IV—OTHER PROVISIONS 

16 SEC. 401. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3)(A) of the 

18 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 

19 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep20 tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘July 7, 2025’’. 

21 (b) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.— 

22 Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade 

23 Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112–41; 125 

24 Stat. 460) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘June 30, 2025’’. 

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1 SEC. 402. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 

2 TAXES. 

3 Notwithstanding section 6655 of the Internal Rev4 enue Code of 1986, in the case of a corporation with assets 

5 of not less than $1,000,000,000 (determined as of the end 

6 of the preceding taxable year)— 

7 (1) the amount of any required installment of 

8 corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in 

9 July, August, or September of 2020 shall be in10 creased by 5.25 percent of such amount (determined 

11 without regard to any increase in such amount not 

12 contained in such Code); and 

13 (2) the amount of the next required installment 

14 after an installment referred to in paragraph (1) 

15 shall be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount 

16 of the increase by reason of such paragraph. 

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Union Calendar No. 70 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1891 

[Report No. 114–101] 

A BILL 

To extend the African Growth and Opportunity 

and for other purposes. preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the 

MAY 1, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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