# 119-hr-6619: PROSPER in the Pacific Act

119-hr-6619, PROSPER in the Pacific Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6619
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6619
- Congress: 119
- Title: PROSPER in the Pacific Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Preferential tariff access for Pacific Islands** is the core aim of the PROSPER in the Pacific Act. The bill would create a new tariff-preference program modeled on the African Growth and Opportunity Act to let eligible Pacific Islands countries export certain articles duty free to the United States while tying eligibility to labor, environmental, and governance standards. - Pacific Islands exporters and businesses would gain potential duty-free access for qualifying articles if their country meets the bill's eligibility rules. The Pacific Islands named include Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. - Workers, communities, and the environment are central to eligibility. The bill conditions benefits on effective protections for internationally recognized worker rights, enforcement of environmental laws, and bars countries for gross human rights abuses or failures to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. - U.S. trade policy and private-sector actors must prepare for engagement. The President would be required to deliver a plan for negotiating trade agreements within 12 months, create a trade facilitation and capacity building program within 180 days, and provide annual reports on implementation through 2036, with duty-free treatment ending December 31, 2036.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Trade help program for Pacific exporters: benefit, low. If enacted, the President would establish a trade facilitation and capacity-building program for the Pacific Islands not later than 180 days after enactment. The program would help governments and exporters improve exporter readiness and awareness, publish trade rules and forms online, and increase…
- Duty-free access for Pacific goods: mixed, low. If enacted, the President would be able to allow goods from listed Pacific Islands to enter the United States duty-free. The bill lists 14 Pacific Islands by name: Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Federated States of Micronesia; Nauru; Niue; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Is…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act
- 119-hr-3718: Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025
- 119-hr-562: BLUE Pacific Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-6619 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6619)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-10061: Wildfire Response and Readiness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10061)
- [119-hr-3718: Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3718)
- [119-hr-562: BLUE Pacific Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-562)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6619 (as of 2026-04-21).