,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cfd #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #fejd
 ,report ,no4 #aai-dah ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,december #i1 #bjbe,mr4 ,murphy 7for    
himself and ,mr4 ,smith of ,nebraska7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,december #cj1 #bjbe,reported  
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,december #i1 #bjbe  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
extend duty-free treatment provided with
 respect to imports from ,haiti under   
the ,caribbean ,basin ,economic         
,recovery ,act1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,haiti ,economic ,lift ,program 
,extension ,act4  #b4 ,extension of     
special rules for ,haiti under          

,caribbean ,basin ,economic ,recovery   
,act ,section #bac;,a of the ,caribbean 
,basin ,economic ,recovery ,act 7#ai    
,u4,s4,c4 #bgjc;a7 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph      
7#a7-- 7i7 by amending subparagraph     
7,b77v77,i7 to read as follows3  7,i7   
,applicable percentage ,the term        
applicable percentage means #fj percent 
or more on and after ,december #bj1     
#bjag4  2 and  7ii7 by amending         
subparagraph 7,c7 to read as follows3   
7,c7 ,quantitative limitations ,the     
preferential treatment described in     
subparagraph 7,a7 shall be extended1    
during each period after the initial    
applicable #a-year period1 to not more  
than #a4be percent of the aggregate     
square meter equivalents of all apparel 
articles imported into the ,united      
,states in the most recent #ab-month    
period for which data are available4  2 
and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by striking
 in each of the #af succeeding #a-year  
periods each place it appears and       

inserting in any of the succeeding      
#a-year periods2 and  7#b7 by amending  
subsection 7h7 to read as follows3  7h7 
,termination ,the duty-free treatment   
provided under this section shall remain
 in effect until ,december #ca1 #bjbh4  
4  #c4 ,restoration of eligibility of   
certain articles for preferential       
treatment  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,president shall proclaim such          
modifications to the ,harmonized ,tariff
 ,schedule of the ,united ,states as may
 be necessary to restore the eligibility
 of articles described in subsection 7b7
 for preferential treatment under       
section #bac;,a of the ,caribbean ,basin
 ,economic ,recovery ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4
 #bgjc;a74  7b7 ,articles described ,an 
article described in this subsection is 
an article that-- 7#a7 was eligible for 
preferential treatment under section    
#bac;,a of the ,caribbean ,basin        
,economic ,recovery ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#bgjc;a7 on ,december #bj1 #bjjf2 and   
7#b7 became ineligible for such         

treatment after that date and before the
 date of the enactment of this ,act as a
 result of revisions to the ,harmonized 
,tariff ,schedule4  7c7 ,effective date 
of proclamation ,a proclamation under   
subsection 7a7 shall take effect not    
earlier than #b business days after the 
,president submits to the ,committee on 
,finance of the ,senate and the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means of the   
,house of ,representatives a report on  
the proclamation and the reasons for the
 modifications to the ,harmonized       
,tariff ,schedule under the             
proclamation4  #d4 ,retroactive         
application  7a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding section #ead of the    
,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#aead7 or any other provision of law1   
and subject to paragraph 7#b71 any entry
 of a covered article to which duty-free
 treatment or other preferential        
treatment under the ,caribbean ,basin   
,economic ,recovery ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#bgja et seq47 would have applied if the

 entry had been made before ,september  
#cj1 #bjbe1 that was made-- 7#a7 on or  
after ,september #cj1 #bjbe1 and  7#b7  
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1  shall be liquidated or          
reliquidated as though such entry       
occurred on the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4  7b7 ,requests ,a           
liquidation or reliquidation may be made
 under paragraph 7#a7 with respect to an
 entry only if a request therefor is    
filed with the ,commissioner of ,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 such  
,commissioner-- 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 paragraph   
7#a7 shall be paid1 without interest of 
any kind1 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 ,haiti4   
7#b7 ,entry ,the term entry includes a  
withdrawal from warehouse for           
consumption4  ,december #cj1            
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed