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Union Calendar No. 362 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6500 
[Report No. 119–416] 
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 
DECEMBER 30, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 9, 2025] 
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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. 
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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’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR 
CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN AFRICA UNDER AFRI-
CAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT; RET-
ROACTIVE 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 ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2028’’. 
(2) AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 112(g) of the Af-
rican Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 
3721(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 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 
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(A) after September 30, 2025, and 
(B) before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, 
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 Com-
missioner 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 en-
able 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 in-
terest 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: 
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(A) COVERED ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘covered 
article’’ means an article from a country that is 
designated by the President as a beneficiary sub- 
Saharan African country under section 104 of 
the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 
U.S.C. 3703) as of the day before 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 Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘September 
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 Agree-
ment Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘September 30, 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2031’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 362 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 6500 
[Report No. 119–416] 
A BILL 
To extend duty-free treatment provided with re-
spect to imports from certain countries in Africa 
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, 
to extend customs user fees, and for other pur-
poses. 
DECEMBER 30, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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