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Union Calendar No. 364 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6504 
[Report No. 119–418] 
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti 
under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2025 
Mr. MURPHY (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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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 ‘‘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 Recov-
ery 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 PERCENTAGE.— 
The term ‘applicable percentage’ means 
60 percent or more on and after De-
cember 20, 2017.’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (C) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(C) 
QUANTITATIVE
LIMITATIONS.—The 
preferential treatment described in subparagraph 
(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 
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equivalents of all apparel articles imported into 
the United States in the most recent 12-month 
period for which data are available.’’; 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 provided 
under this section shall remain in effect until December 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 treat-
ment 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 Recov-
ery 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 modifications 
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 provision 
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 Economic 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, 
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry oc-
curred 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 
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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 arti-
cle’’ means an article from Haiti. 
(2) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ includes a with-
drawal from warehouse for consumption. 
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Union Calendar No. 364 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 6504 
[Report No. 119–418] 
A BILL 
To extend duty-free treatment provided with re-
spect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean 
Basin Economic Recovery Act, 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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