Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-5614
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2023-09-20
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill extends through FY2035 the special duty-free rules for Haiti. It also extends through FY2035 the duty-free treatment provided for certain apparel products assembled in and imported from Haiti.</p><p>The bill directs the President to&nbsp;proclaim such modifications&nbsp;to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) that may be necessary to restore special tariff treatment to articles that lost such treatment due to prior&nbsp;modifications to the HTS.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5614 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2023 Mr. Wenstrup (for himself, Ms. Salazar , Mr. Murphy , Mr. Lawler , Ms. Wilson of Florida , and Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick ) 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 imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2023 . 2. Extension of special rules for Haiti under Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 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 during the period beginning on December 20, 2017, and ending on September 30, 2035. ; 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 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 succeeding 1-year periods ; and (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) Termination The duty-free treatment provided under this section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2035. . 3. Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States The President shall proclaim such modifications as may be necessary to Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to restore such special tariff treatment to articles that lost such treatment due to prior modifications made to U.S. notes, tariff headings, subheadings or statistical suffixes in chapters 1 through 97 of the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States before the date of the enactment of this Act and remain eligible for such tariff treatment due to such section 213A as so amended.