,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hijf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ai1      
#bjbb,ms4 ,wasserman ,schultz 7for      
herself1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 and ,mr4   
,soto7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide
 for retroactive application of         
,generalized ,system of ,preferences for
 the period after ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 
and before ,september #a1 #bjbb4  #a4   
,retroactive application of ,generalized
 ,system of ,preferences for the period 
after ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 and before  
,september #a1 #bjbb  7a7 ,in general   
,notwithstanding section #eje of the    
,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4     
#bdfe71 section #ead of the ,tariff ,act
 of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #aead71 or any 
other provision of law and subject to   
subsection 7b71 any entry of a covered  
article to which duty-free treatment or 
other preferential treatment under title
 ,v of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai    

,u4,s4,c4 #bdfa et seq47 would have     
applied if the entry had been made on   
,december #ca1 #bjbj1 that was made--   
7#a7 after ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 and    
7#b7 before ,september #a1 #bjbb1  shall
 be liquidated or reliquidated as though
 such entry occurred on ,december #ca1  
#bjbj4  7b7 ,requests ,a liquidation or 
reliquidation may be made under         
subsection 7a7 with respect to an entry 
only if a request therefor is filed with
 ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border ,protection
 not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act that     
contains sufficient information to      
enable ,u4,s4 ,customs and ,border      
,protection--  7#a7 to locate the entry2
 or  7#b7 to reconstruct the entry if it
 cannot be located4  7c7 ,payment of    
amounts owed ,any amounts owed by the   
,united ,states pursuant to the         
liquidation or reliquidation of an entry
 of a covered article under subsection  
7a7 shall be paid1 without interest1 not
 later than #ij days after the date of  

the liquidation or reliquidation 7as the
 case may be74  7d7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3  7#a7 ,covered article    
,the term covered article means an      
article from a country that is a        
beneficiary developing country under    
title ,v of the ,trade ,act of 7#ai     
,u4,s4,c4 #bdfa et seq47 as of ,december
 #ca1 #bjbj4  7#b7 ,enter2 entry ,the   
terms enter and entry include a         
withdrawal from warehouse for           
consumption4