[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3279 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3279

  To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from 
         Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 30, 2021

Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from 
         Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Haiti Economic Lift Program 
Extension Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL RULES FOR HAITI UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN 
              ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.

    Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2703a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)(v)(I)--
                            (i) by striking ``means'' and all that 
                        follows through ``60 percent'' and inserting 
                        ``means 60 percent''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``7 succeeding 1-year 
                        periods'' and inserting ``17 succeeding 1-year 
                        periods''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in the table, by striking ``16 
                        succeeding 1-year periods'' and inserting ``28 
                        succeeding 1-year periods''; and
                            (ii) in the matter following the table, by 
                        striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2035''; and
            (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2025'' and inserting 
        ``2035''.
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