Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2021

H.R. 6136 · 117th Congress · Dec 2, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

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

This Act may be cited as the “Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2021” or the “HELP Act of 2021”.

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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Dec 2, 2021viewing Introduced in House Ms. Salazar (for herself, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Jones, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Crawford, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means