{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-6504","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 6504","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-12-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-01-12","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h15","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act","result":"Passed","yea":345,"nay":45,"present":0,"not_voting":41,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll015.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.","date":"2026-01-13"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-12-30","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":185},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Extends the duty-free treatment for imports from Haiti under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act through December 31, 2028, and addresses eligibility of certain articles and duties on entries made since September 30, 2025.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#H05AD1DF18533431487374AA4C852A0EF"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#HC7B3EDC78CF046C89422F24AF9B6E9D5"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#H2B61B5F7BB604600B3A9CDEAE8D61E0B"}]},"core_areas":["Duty-free treatment of imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act","Eligibility of articles under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule","Liquidation and reliquidation of customs entries from Haiti"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act so that the duty-free treatment provided under it remains in effect until December 31, 2028.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#H05AD1DF18533431487374AA4C852A0EF"}},{"text":"Sets the applicable percentage for the Haiti rules at 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#H05AD1DF18533431487374AA4C852A0EF"}},{"text":"Limits preferential treatment after the initial 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.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#H05AD1DF18533431487374AA4C852A0EF"}},{"text":"Requires the President to proclaim Harmonized Tariff Schedule modifications needed to restore preferential treatment under section 213A for articles that were eligible on December 20, 2006 and later became ineligible because of Schedule revisions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#HC7B3EDC78CF046C89422F24AF9B6E9D5"}},{"text":"Provides that a proclamation takes effect no earlier than 2 business days after the President reports on it to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#HC7B3EDC78CF046C89422F24AF9B6E9D5"}},{"text":"Requires entries of articles from Haiti made on or after September 30, 2025 and before enactment, to which preferential treatment would have applied, to be liquidated or reliquidated as though made on the date of enactment, if a request is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 180 days after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh#H2B61B5F7BB604600B3A9CDEAE8D61E0B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-01-12","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6504/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-6504.png","v":"605662fd21a2","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6504, 119th Congress: Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act. House: 345 Yea, 45 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 12 Jan 2026."}}