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)— 
(I) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘, 
the second applicable 1-year period, 
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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-
pears and inserting ‘‘1-year pe-
riod’’; and 
(II) in subclause (III)— 
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(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’’. 
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’’. 
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SEC. 9. CUSTOMS SUPPORT SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) RAPID
RESPONSE
TEAM.—The Commis-
sioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Com-
missioner’’) 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; 
(iii) 
preventing 
unlawful 
trans-
shipment of goods through Haiti to the 
United States; and 
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(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; 
(B) a multi-year plan for supplying tech-
nical, capacity-building, and training assistance 
to those authorities, including specific respon-
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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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection Agency, to remain available until expended— 
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(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-
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. 
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(b) TRANSSHIPMENT.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Commissioner responsible for U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection should, in consultation with the United 
States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Com-
merce, seek to enter into consultations with representa-
tives of countries with which the United States has a trad-
ing relationship for the purpose of preventing the unlawful 
transshipment of textile and apparel articles from those 
countries through Haiti. 
Æ 
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