,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gdb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,warnock1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 and ,mr4 ,scott 
of ,florida7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,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 ,act of #bjbe4
  #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 ,september #cj1 #bjce4 
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