All Roll Calls
Yes: 345 • No: 45
HR6504119th CongressWALLET
Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
Sponsored By: Representative Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Passed House
Summary
This bill would extend duty-free treatment for imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and set clear eligibility and quota rules. It also restores eligibility for some articles harmed by tariff-schedule changes and allows retroactive refunds for certain imports.
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- Haitian apparel makers would keep preferential access if goods meet a 60% local-content test, and the program would remain in effect through Dec 31, 2028.
- The bill limits eligible apparel to no more than 1.25% of total U.S. apparel imports measured in square meter equivalents each year.
- U.S. importers can request retroactive liquidation or reliquidation for covered entries made on or after Sept 30, 2025 by filing within 180 days, and any refunds would be paid without interest.
- The President must issue a proclamation to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to restore eligibility for articles that became ineligible due to schedule revisions, and that proclamation cannot take effect earlier than 2 business days after a report is sent to the relevant congressional committees.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Retroactive duty refunds for 2025 imports
If enacted, importers would be able to request retroactive duty-free treatment for covered Haiti goods entered on or after September 30, 2025 and before enactment, if the goods would have qualified had they been entered before September 30, 2025. A request would need to be filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 180 days after enactment, with enough information to find or reconstruct the entry. Any refund would be paid without interest no later than 90 days after liquidation or reliquidation. "Entry" would include a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
Extend Haiti duty-free and restore items
This bill would keep the Haiti duty-free program in place through December 31, 2028. It would also require the President to restore tariff schedule eligibility for items that were eligible on December 20, 2006 but lost it due to tariff schedule updates. The proclamation would take effect no earlier than 2 business days after the President sends a report to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees.
Rules and cap for Haiti apparel
This bill would set a 60% or more content rule for Haiti apparel to get duty-free entry. That rule would apply to articles on or after December 20, 2017. After the initial 1-year period, duty-free Haiti apparel in any later year would be capped at 1.25% of total U.S. apparel imports by square meter equivalents, using the most recent 12 months of data. The wording would allow this to apply in any succeeding 1-year period, not each of 16 fixed periods.
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