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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6500 
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from certain 
countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, 
to extend customs user fees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2025 
Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Nebraska) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to im-
ports from certain countries in Africa under the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act, to extend customs user 
fees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AGOA Extension Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR 
CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN AFRICA UNDER THE 
AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT; 
RETROACTIVE APPLICATION. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 506B of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2028’’. 
(2) AFRICAN
GROWTH
AND
OPPORTUNITY 
ACT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(g) of the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 
U.S.C. 3721(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2028’’. 
(B) REGIONAL
APPAREL
ARTICLE
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 112(b)(3)(A) of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 
3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘21 suc-
ceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘24 succeeding’’; 
and 
(ii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2028’’. 
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(C) THIRD-COUNTRY FABRIC PROGRAM.— 
Section 112(c)(1) of the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is 
amended— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘SEPTEMBER 30, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘DECEMBER 31, 2028’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2028’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2028’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.— 
(1) 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 sec-
tion 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2466a) would have applied if the entry had been 
made on September 30, 2025, that was made— 
(A) after September 30, 2025, and 
(B) 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. 
(2) 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 Protec-
tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act that contains sufficient infor-
mation to enable such Commissioner— 
(A) to locate the entry; or 
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
located. 
(3) 
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). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered article’’ means an article from a country 
that is designated by the President as a bene-
ficiary sub-Saharan African country under sec-
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tion 104 of the African Growth and Oppor-
tunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) as of the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ includes a 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the Con-
solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2031’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2031’’. 
(b) RATE FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.— 
Section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2031’’. 
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