United StatesHaiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
What it does
This bill extends through December 31, 2028, the special duty-free rules for various apparel products imported from Haiti, including the duty-free treatment provided for a limited amount (referred to as tariff preference levels) of certain apparel products assembled in and imported from Haiti.
More detail
The bill directs the President to proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) that may be necessary to restore preferential treatment to articles that became ineligible for such treatment due to prior revisions to the HTS.
The bill also provides for the refund of duties (i.e., liquidation or reliquidation of entries) on covered articles from Haiti that entered into the United States on or after September 30, 2025, and before the date of this bill's enactment. A request for liquidation or reliquidation must be filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the request must contain sufficient information for CBP to locate the entry or, if the entry cannot be located, reconstruct the entry. CBP must refund any duties previously paid with respect to the entry within 90 days.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jan 13Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Latest
- Vote recorded Legislative vote recorded. Result: Passed.House
- Jan 12Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 12Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H642-645)
- Jan 12DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6504.
- Jan 12At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jan 12Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H647)
- Jan 12Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 345 - 45 (Roll no. 15). (text: CR H642)Passed House
- Jan 12Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 13Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Latest
- 2025
- Dec 30Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-418.
- Dec 30Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 364.
- Dec 10Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 10Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- Dec 9Introduced in House
- Dec 9Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Introduced