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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1625 
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 
FEBRUARY 26, 2025 
Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. SALAZAR, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. CORREA, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, and Ms. MENG) 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 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Economic Lift 
Program Extension Act of 2025’’. 
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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-
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 
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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 Sep-
tember 30, 2035.’’. 
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 
(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. 
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(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. 
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