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‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN KNIT ARTI-
CLES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of ap-
parel articles described in clause (ii), sub-
paragraph (A) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘85,000,000’ for ‘200,000,000’. 
‘‘(ii) 
APPAREL
ARTICLES
DE-
SCRIBED.—Apparel articles described in 
this clause are apparel articles described in 
paragraph (2)(B)(i) that fall within the 
following statistical reporting numbers of 
the HTS (as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this para-
graph), other than shirts with plackets and 
pointed collars: 
‘‘6105.10.0010 ...............
6109.10.0040 .................
6110.30.3053 
6109.10.0018 ...............
6109.10.0045 .................
6110.30.3059 
6109.10.0027 ...............
6110.20.2079 .................
‘‘(D) VERIFICATION
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
TRANSSHIPMENT FOR CERTAIN APPAREL ARTI-
CLES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 
April 1, July 1, October 1, and January 1 
of each year, the Commissioner responsible 
for United States Customs and Border 
Protection shall verify that apparel articles 
imported into the United States under this 
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paragraph are not being unlawfully trans-
shipped (within the meaning of subsection 
(f)) into the United States. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT TO PRESIDENT.—If the 
Commissioner 
determines 
pursuant 
to 
clause (i) that apparel articles imported 
into the United States under this para-
graph are being unlawfully transshipped 
into the United States, the Commissioner 
shall report that determination to the 
President. 
‘‘(iii) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE QUAN-
TITATIVE LIMITATION.—If, in any 1-year 
period with respect to which the President 
extends preferential treatment as described 
in this paragraph, the Commissioner re-
ports to the President pursuant to clause 
(ii) regarding unlawful transshipments, the 
President— 
‘‘(I) may modify the quantitative 
limitation under this paragraph as the 
President considers appropriate to ac-
count for such transshipments; and 
‘‘(II) if the President modifies 
the limitation under subclause (I), 
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shall publish notice of the modifica-
tion in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(E) CATEGORY DEFINED.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘category’ means the number 
assigned under the U.S. Textile and Apparel 
Category System of the Office of Textiles and 
Apparel of the Department of Commerce, as 
listed in the HTS under the applicable heading 
or subheading (as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph).’’. 
SEC. 6. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE RULE. 
Section 213A(b)(4)(B)(ii)(I) of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(4)(B)(ii)(I)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘two’’. 
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF VALUE-ADDED RULE. 
Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a), as amended by this Act, 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
APPLICABLE
1-YEAR
PERIOD.— 
The term ‘initial applicable 1-year period’ means the 
1-year period beginning on December 20, 2006.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an 
applicable 1-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘the ini-
tial applicable 1-year period and any 1-year pe-
riod thereafter’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘any applicable 1- 
year period’’ and inserting ‘‘the initial 
applicable 1-year period and any 1- 
year period thereafter’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the applicable 1- 
year period’’ and inserting ‘‘that 1- 
year period’’; 
(ii) in clause (iv)(II)— 
(I) in the subclause heading, by 
striking ‘‘APPLICABLE’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘In each of the 
second, third, fourth, and fifth appli-
cable 1-year periods’’ and inserting 
‘‘In any 1-year period after the initial 
applicable 1-year period’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘applicable 1- 
year period’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘1-year period’’; 
(iii) in clause (v)(I)— 
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(I) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘, 
the second applicable 1-year period, 
and the third applicable 1-year pe-
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘and the suc-
ceeding 8 1-year periods’’; 
(II) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘the 
fourth applicable 1-year period’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the 1-year period beginning 
on December 20, 2015, and the 1- 
year period beginning on December 
20, 2016’’; and 
(III) in item (cc), by striking 
‘‘the fifth applicable 1-year period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the 1-year period be-
ginning on December 20, 2017’’; and 
(iv) in clause (vi)— 
(I) in subclause (II)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘any appli-
cable 1-year period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the initial applicable 1-year 
period or any 1-year period 
thereafter’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘applicable 
1-year period’’ each place it ap-
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pears and inserting ‘‘1-year pe-
riod’’; and 
(II) in subclause (III)— 
(aa) in item (aa), by striking 
‘‘an applicable 1-year period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the initial applica-
ble 1-year period or any 1-year 
period thereafter’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘applicable 
1-year period’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘1-year pe-
riod’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘applicable 1-year peri-
ods’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year periods’’; 
(ii) by striking the table and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘During: 
the corresponding 
percentage is: 
the initial applicable 1-year period .......................
1 percent. 
each of the succeeding 11 1-year periods ............
1.25 percent.’’; 
and 
(iii) in the flush text, by striking ‘‘the 
last day of the fifth applicable 1-year pe-
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘December 19, 2018’’. 
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SEC. 8. WIRE HARNESSES. 
Section 213A(c) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703A(c)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘5-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’. 
SEC. 9. CUSTOMS SUPPORT SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) RAPID
RESPONSE
TEAM.—The Commis-
sioner responsible for United States Customs and 
Border Protection (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Commissioner’’) shall, in consultation with the 
United States Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement 
Agency, and other Federal agencies, as appropriate, 
seek to send a rapid response team to Haiti— 
(A) to assess the short-term and long-term 
technical, capacity-building, and training needs 
of the authorities of the Government of Haiti 
responsible for customs services; and 
(B) to provide immediate assistance, as 
warranted, particularly with respect to— 
(i) reestablishing full capacity for 
commercial port operations at the seaport 
at Port-au-Prince; 
(ii) facilitating trade between the 
United States and Haiti under the Carib-
bean Basin Economic Recovery Act, as 
amended by this Act; 
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(iii) 
preventing 
unlawful 
trans-
shipment of goods through Haiti to the 
United States; and 
(iv) otherwise strengthening coopera-
tion between the customs authorities of the 
United States, Haiti, and the Dominican 
Republic with respect to trade facilitation 
and economic development, customs com-
pliance and law enforcement, and efforts to 
combat unlawful trafficking in narcotic 
drugs and psychotropic substances. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 75 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner 
shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives a non-
confidential report summarizing the results of the 
assessment required by paragraph (1)(A), includ-
ing— 
(A) a description of the short-term and 
long-term 
technical, 
capacity-building, 
and 
training needs of the authorities of the Govern-
ment of Haiti responsible for customs services, 
including a prioritization of immediate infra-
structure needs; 
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(B) a multi-year plan for supplying tech-
nical, capacity-building, and training assistance 
to those authorities, including specific respon-
sibilities to be undertaken by the support team 
authorized by subsection (b); and 
(C) a statement of the amount and pur-
pose for which any funds were expended by the 
rapid response team in Haiti to administer the 
provisions of this section, including any expend-
iture of funds authorized to be appropriated 
pursuant to subsection (c)(1). 
(b) SUPPORT TEAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner shall, in 
consultation with other Federal agencies, as appro-
priate, seek to establish a support team in Haiti for 
the purpose of helping to meet the short-term and 
long-term technical, capacity-building, and training 
needs of the authorities of the Government of Haiti 
responsible for customs services, as described in this 
section. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The support team author-
ized by paragraph (1) shall terminate on September 
30, 2020. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the United States Customs and Bor-
der Protection Agency, to remain available until ex-
pended— 
(A) $100,000 to help meet the immediate 
infrastructure needs of the authorities of the 
Government of Haiti responsible for customs 
services for the purpose of facilitating trade be-
tween the United States and Haiti under the 
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, as 
amended by this Act; and 
(B) $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2011 through 2020 for the purpose of main-
taining the support team authorized by sub-
section (b). 
(2) SUPPLEMENT
AND
NOT
SUPPLANT.—The 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph 
(1) shall supplement and not supplant any other 
funds authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) REGIONAL COOPERATION.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the United States Trade Representative 
should seek to enter into consultations with representa-
tives of countries with which the United States has a trad-
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ing relationship for the purpose of encouraging those 
countries to establish bilateral trade preference programs 
with respect to textile and apparel articles produced in 
Haiti. 
(b) TRANSSHIPMENT.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Commissioner responsible for United States Cus-
toms and Border Protection should, in consultation with 
the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary 
of Commerce, seek to enter into consultations with rep-
resentatives of countries with which the United States has 
a trading relationship for the purpose of preventing the 
unlawful transshipment of textile and apparel articles 
from those countries through Haiti. 
SEC. 11. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘May 14, 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘November 10, 2018’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘June 
7, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘August 17, 2018’’. 
SEC. 12. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 
TAXES. 
(a) SHIFT FROM 2015 TO 2014.—The percentage 
under paragraph (1) of section 202(b) of the Corporate 
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Estimated Tax Shift Act of 2009 in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act is increased by 0.75 percent-
age points. 
(b) SHIFT FROM 2016 TO 2015.—The percentage 
under paragraph (2) of section 561 of the Hiring Incen-
tives to Restore Employment Act in effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act is increased by 0.75 percentage 
points. 
SEC. 13. BUDGET COMPLIANCE. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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