All Roll Calls
Yes: 345 • No: 45
119-hr-6504119th CongressWALLET
Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
Sponsored By: Representative Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Passed House
Summary
Extends Haiti's duty-free access for qualifying apparel under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act through December 31, 2028. It also defines eligibility rules, sets a small volume cap, and creates a pathway for retroactive duty relief for certain imports.
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- Haitian garment makers and exporters regain duty-free access for apparel that meets the law's "applicable percentage" set at 60 percent or more, but preferential entries are limited to 1.25% of aggregate U.S. apparel imports in each period.
- U.S. importers and retailers can have certain articles that lost preferential status restored. The President must modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to return those articles to eligibility and report the changes and reasons to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee before the changes take effect.
- Importers with covered entries made on or after September 30, 2025 and before enactment can request liquidation or reliquidation within 180 days to claim duty-free treatment, and any amounts owed will be paid without interest within 90 days of liquidation.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Retroactive duty refunds on Haiti imports
If enacted, importers of Haiti goods entered on or after September 30, 2025 and before the enactment date would be able to ask Customs to liquidate or reliquidate the entry as if entered on the enactment date. Importers would need to file with U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 180 days after enactment and include enough information to find or reconstruct the entry. The United States would pay any refunds due within 90 days after the liquidation or reliquidation, without interest. A covered article would mean an article from Haiti, and “entry” would include a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
Restore duty-free status for some Haiti goods
The President would be required to change the tariff schedule to restore duty-free treatment for Haiti goods that were eligible on December 20, 2006 but lost it due to later tariff schedule revisions. The change would take effect no earlier than 2 business days after a report is sent to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees explaining the change.
Haiti apparel duty-free rules through 2028
If enacted, duty-free treatment for Haiti apparel would run until December 31, 2028. To qualify, the applicable percentage would need to be at least 60% (as defined on or after December 20, 2017). Total qualifying Haiti apparel each period would be capped at 1.25% of all U.S. apparel imports by square meters, measured over the most recent 12 months. The preference would apply in any of the succeeding 1-year periods, not only in each of 16 fixed periods. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
NC • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
NE • R
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/12/2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 345 • No: 45