IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6504 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 13, 2026 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to im-
ports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 Re-
covery 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
PERCENT-
AGE.—The term ‘applicable percent-
age’ 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 subpara-
graph (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 im-
ported into the United States in the most re-
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cent 12-month period for which data are avail-
able.’’; 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 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—The duty-free treatment pro-
vided under this section shall remain in effect until De-
cember 31, 2028.’’. 
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ARTI-
CLES 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 Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a) on December 20, 
2006; and 
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(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 procla-
mation 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 modi-
fications 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 pro-
vision 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 Eco-
nomic 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, 
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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 lo-
cated. 
(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 para-
graph (1) shall be paid, without interest of any kind, not 
later than 90 days after the date of the liquidation or re-
liquidation (as the case may be). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘covered ar-
ticle’’ means an article from Haiti. 
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(2) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ includes a with-
drawal from warehouse for consumption. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 
2026. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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