[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5160 Engrossed in House (EH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5160
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AN ACT
To extend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, to provide customs
support services to Haiti, and for other purposes.
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 Act of
2010''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a 7.0 magnitude
earthquake, the worst earthquake to affect Haiti in recorded
history. Aftershocks from the earthquake, measuring up to 6.0
on the Richter scale, continued for days afterwards.
(2) The earthquake has devastated Haiti's infrastructure,
including homes, offices, factories, roads, ports,
communications, and other facilities. The loss of life
attributable to the earthquake was massive.
(3) Even before the earthquake, Haiti was the poorest
country in the Western Hemisphere, ranking 149 out of 182
countries according to the United Nation's Human Development
Index.
(4) In recent years, however, the Government and people of
Haiti had taken important steps forward to promote economic
growth and development, including making strides towards
establishing a competitive apparel sector.
(5) United States trade preference programs, including the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (as amended by the United
States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act, the Haitian
Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act
of 2006, and the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through
Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008), which extend duty-free
tariff treatment to certain apparel produced in Haiti, have
made an important contribution to Haiti's economic development
efforts.
(6) However, the Haitian apparel sector has been hard hit
by the January 12, 2010, earthquake. A number of apparel
factories based in and around Port-au-Prince have been heavily
damaged, including the collapse of one major apparel factory
that had employed nearly 4,000 workers.
(7) The Port-au-Prince seaport that had served the apparel
trade has been badly damaged. And extensive damage to roads has
made it difficult to transport apparel to the Dominican
Republic for shipment from ports in that country.
(8) According to estimates by the Department of Commerce,
imports of apparel articles from Haiti to the United States in
2010 have decreased by 43 percent as compared to the same
period in 2009.
(9) The earthquake has increased significantly the costs
and uncertainty of doing business in Haiti. A strong and
unequivocal commitment from the United States is needed to help
Haiti offset these costs and preserve the gains made under
United States trade preference programs, and to encourage
buyers and investors to stand with Haiti through this crisis.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.
The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) in section 213(b)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(i) in clause (iii)--
(I) in subclause (II)(cc), by
striking ``September 30, 2010'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2020''; and
(II) in subclause (IV)(dd), by
striking ``September 30, 2010'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2020''; and
(ii) in clause (iv)(II), by striking ``8''
and inserting ``18''; and
(B) in paragraph (5)(D)(i), by striking ``September
30, 2010'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''; and
(2) in section 213A(h), by striking ``September 30, 2018''
and inserting ``September 30, 2020''.
SEC. 4. APPAREL AND OTHER ARTICLES SUBJECT TO CERTAIN ASSEMBLY RULES.
(a) Certain Other Apparel Articles.--Section 213A(b)(3) of the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(3)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(F) Certain other apparel articles.--
``(i) In general.--Any of the apparel
articles described in clause (ii) that is
wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape, in Haiti
from any combination of fabrics, fabric
components, components knit-to-shape, or yarns
and is imported directly from Haiti or the
Dominican Republic shall enter the United
States free of duty, without regard to the
source of the fabric, fabric components,
components knit-to-shape, or yarns from which
the article is made.
``(ii) Articles described.--Apparel
articles described in this clause are apparel
articles in the following category numbers that
fall within the following statistical reporting
numbers of the HTS (as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph):
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``Category Number HTS Statistical
Reporting Number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
334 6101.90.9010
6112.11.0010
6103.22.0010
6113.00.9015
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
335 6104.22.0010
6104.29.2010
6112.11.0020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
336 6104.49.9010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
338 6103.22.0050
6105.90.8010
6112.11.0030
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
339 6104.22.0060
6104.29.2049
6106.90.2510
6106.90.3010
6110.20.1031
6110.20.1033
6112.11.0040
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
342 6104.22.0030
6104.29.2022
6104.52.0010
6104.52.0020
6104.59.8010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
350 6107.91.0040
6107.91.0090
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
351 6107.21.0010
6107.21.0020
6107.91.0030
6108.31.0010
6108.31.0020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
433 6103.23.0007
6103.29.0520
6103.31.0000
6103.33.1000
6103.39.8020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
434 6101.30.1500
6101.90.0500
6101.90.9020
6103.23.0005
6103.29.0510
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
435 6102.30.1000
6102.90.9010
6104.23.0010
6104.29.0510
6104.29.2012
6104.33.1000
6104.39.2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
438 6103.23.0025
6103.29.0550
6104.23.0020
6104.29.0560
6104.29.2051
6105.90.1000
6105.90.8020
6106.20.1020
6106.90.1010
6106.90.1020
6106.90.2520
6106.90.3020
6110.11.0070
6110.12.2070
6110.12.2080
6110.19.0070
6110.19.0080
6110.30.1550
6110.30.1560
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
633 6103.23.0037
6103.29.1015
6103.33.2000
6103.39.1000
6103.39.8030
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
634 6101.30.1000
6101.90.9030
6103.23.0036
6103.29.1010
6112.12.0010
6112.19.1010
6112.20.1010
6112.20.1030
6113.00.9025
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
635 6102.30.0500
6102.90.9015
6104.23.0026
6104.29.1010
6104.29.2014
6104.39.2030
6112.12.0020
6112.19.1020
6112.20.1020
6112.20.1040
6113.00.9030
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
636 6104.49.9030
6104.44.2020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
638 6103.23.0075
6103.29.1050
6105.90.8030
6110.30.1050
6110.30.2051
6110.30.2053
6112.12.0030
6112.19.1030
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
639 6104.23.0036
6104.29.1050
6104.29.2055
6106.90.2530
6106.90.3030
6110.30.1060
6110.30.2061
6110.30.2063
6112.12.0040
6112.19.1040
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
651 6107.22.0010
6107.22.0015
6107.22.0025
6107.99.1030
6108.32.0015
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``(iii) Category defined.--In this
subparagraph, the term `category' has the
meaning given that term in paragraph (2A)(E) of
this subsection.''.
(b) Made-Up Textile Articles.--Section 213A(b)(3) of the Caribbean
Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(3)), as amended by
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(G) Made-up textile articles.--
``(i) In general.--Any of the made-up
textile articles described in clauses (ii) and
(iii) that is wholly assembled, or knit-to-
shape, in Haiti from any combination of
fabrics, fabric components, components knit-to-
shape, or yarns and is imported directly from
Haiti or the Dominican Republic shall enter the
United States free of duty, without regard to
the source of the fabric, fabric components,
components knit-to-shape, or yarns from which
the article is made.
``(ii) Articles described.--Made-up textile
articles described in this clause are articles
in the following category numbers that fall
within the following statistical reporting
numbers of the HTS (as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of this
subparagraph):
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``Category Number HTS Statistical
Reporting Number
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363 6302.60.0020
6302.91.0015
6302.91.0035
6307.90.8940
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369 6304.91.0020
6304.92.0000
6302.60.0010
6302.60.0030
6302.91.0005
6302.91.0050
6307.90.8910
6307.90.8945
5701.90.2020
5702.39.2010
5702.50.5600
5702.99.0500
5702.99.1500
5705.00.2020
5807.10.0510
5807.90.0510
6307.90.3010
6301.30.0010
6305.20.0000
6307.10.1020
6307.10.1090
6406.10.7700
9404.90.1000
9404.90.9505
6301.30.0020
6302.91.0045
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465 5701.10.9000
5702.50.2000
5702.50.4000
5702.91.3000
5702.91.4000
5703.10.2000
5703.10.8000
5704.10.0010
5705.00.2005
5705.00.2015
5702.31.1000
5702.31.2000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
469 6304.19.3040
6304.91.0050
6304.99.1500
6304.99.6010
5601.29.0020
6302.39.0010
6406.10.9020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
665 5701.90.1030
5701.90.2030
5702.32.1000
5702.32.2000
5702.42.2090
5702.50.5200
5702.92.1000
5702.92.9000
5703.20.1000
5703.30.2000
5703.30.8030
5703.30.8080
5704.10.0090
5705.00.2030
5703.20.2010
5703.20.2090
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
666 6304.11.2000
6304.91.0040
6304.93.0000
6304.99.6020
6301.40.0010
6301.40.0020
6301.90.0010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
669 5601.10.2000
5601.22.0090
5807.10.0520
5807.90.0520
6307.90.3020
6305.32.0010
6305.32.0020
6305.32.0050
6305.32.0060
6305.39.0000
6406.10.9040
6308.00.0020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
899 6304.11.3000
6304.19.3060
6304.91.0070
6304.99.3500
6304.99.6040
5601.29.0090
6301.90.0030
6305.90.0000
6406.10.9060
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
900 5601.29.0010
5701.90.2010
6301.90.0020
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``(iii) Other articles described.--Made-up
textile articles described in this clause are
articles that fall within statistical reporting
number 6406.10.9090 of the HTS (as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment of
this subparagraph).
``(iv) Category defined.--In this
subparagraph, the term `category' has the
meaning given that term in paragraph (2A)(E) of
this subsection.''.
SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF TARIFF PREFERENCE LEVELS; VERIFICATION WITH
RESPECT TO TRANSSHIPMENT FOR CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES.
Section 213A(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19
U.S.C. 2703a(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii)--
(i) by striking ``The preferential
treatment'' and inserting ``Except as provided
in paragraph (2A), the preferential
treatment''; and
(ii) by striking ``9'' and inserting
``11''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii)--
(i) by striking ``The preferential
treatment'' and inserting ``Except as provided
in paragraph (2A), the preferential
treatment''; and
(ii) by striking ``9'' and inserting
``11''; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(2A) Special rule for certain woven articles and certain
knit articles entered during fiscal year 2010 and succeeding 1-
year periods.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraphs (B) and (C) and subject to subparagraph
(D), if 52,000,000 square meter equivalents of apparel
articles described in paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (2)(B)(i)
enter the United States during the 1-year period
beginning October 1, 2009, or any of the succeeding 1-
year periods, the President shall extend the
preferential treatment described in paragraph (2)(A)(i)
or (2)(B)(i) (as the case may be) to not more than
200,000,000 square meter equivalents of apparel
articles described in paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (2)(B)(i)
(as the case may be) during that 1-year period, and
shall publish notice of the extension in the Federal
Register.
``(B) Exception for certain woven articles.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of apparel
articles described in clause (ii), subparagraph
(A) shall be applied by substituting
`70,000,000' for `200,000,000'.
``(ii) Apparel articles described.--Apparel
articles described in this clause are apparel
articles described in paragraph (2)(A)(i) that
are the following:
``(I) Category 347.--Apparel
articles in category 347 that fall
within the following statistical
reporting numbers of the HTS (as in
effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of this paragraph):
``6203.19.1020........................ 6203.42.4011................. 6203.42.4061
6203.19.9020......................... 6203.42.4016................. 6203.49.8020
6203.22.3020......................... 6203.42.4026................. 6210.40.9033
6203.22.3030......................... 6203.42.4036................. 6211.20.1520
6203.42.4003......................... 6203.42.4046................. 6211.20.3810
6203.42.4006......................... 6203.42.4051................. 6211.32.0040
``(II) Category 348.--Apparel
articles in category 348 that fall
within the following statistical
reporting numbers of the HTS (as in
effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of this paragraph):
``6204.12.0030........................ 6204.62.4011................. 6204.69.9010
6204.19.8030......................... 6204.62.4021................ 6210.50.9060
6204.22.3040......................... 6204.62.4031................ 6211.20.1550
6204.22.3050......................... 6204.62.4041................ 6211.20.6810
6204.29.4034........................ 6204.62.4051................ 6211.42.0030
6204.62.3000........................ 6204.62.4056................ 6217.90.9050
6204.62.4003........................ 6204.62.4066................ .........................................
6204.62.4006........................ 6204.69.6010................. .........................................
``(III) Category 647.--Apparel
articles in category 647 that fall
within the following statistical
reporting numbers of the HTS (as in
effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of this paragraph):
``6203.23.0060........................ 6203.43.4020................. 6203.49.8030
6203.23.0070........................ 6203.43.4030................ 6210.40.5031
6203.29.2030........................ 6203.43.4040................ 6210.40.5039
6203.29.2035........................ 6203.49.1500................ 6211.20.1525
6203.43.2500......................... 6203.49.2015................ 6211.20.3820
6203.43.3510........................ 6203.49.2030................ 6211.33.0030
6203.43.3590........................ 6203.49.2045................ .........................................
6203.43.4010......................... 6203.49.2060................. .........................................
``(IV) Category 648.--Apparel
articles in category 648 that fall
within the following statistical
reporting numbers of the HTS (as in
effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of this paragraph):
``6204.23.0040........................ 6204.63.3510................. 6204.69.6030
6204.23.0045......................... 6204.63.3530................ 6204.69.9030
6204.29.2020........................ 6204.63.3532................. 6210.50.5031
6204.29.2025......................... 6204.63.3540................ 6210.50.5039
6204.29.4038......................... 6204.69.2510................. 6211.20.1555
6204.63.2000........................ 6204.69.2530................ 6211.20.6820
6204.63.3010........................ 6204.69.2540................ 6211.43.0040
6204.63.3090........................ 6204.69.2560................ 6217.90.9060
``(C) Exception for certain knit articles.--
``(i) In general.--In the case of apparel
articles described in clause (ii), subparagraph
(A) shall be applied by substituting
`85,000,000' for `200,000,000'.
``(ii) Apparel articles described.--Apparel
articles described in this clause are apparel
articles described in paragraph (2)(B)(i) that
fall within the following statistical reporting
numbers of the HTS (as in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of this
paragraph), other than shirts with plackets and
pointed collars:
``6105.10.0010........................ 6109.10.0040................. 6110.30.3053
6109.10.0018......................... 6109.10.0045................. 6110.30.3059
6109.10.0027......................... 6110.20.2079................. .........................................
``(D) Verification with respect to transshipment
for certain apparel articles.--
``(i) In general.--Not later than April 1,
July 1, October 1, and January 1 of each year,
the Commissioner responsible for United States
Customs and Border Protection shall verify that
apparel articles imported into the United
States under this paragraph are not being
unlawfully transshipped (within the meaning of
subsection (f)) into the United States.
``(ii) Report to president.--If the
Commissioner determines pursuant to clause (i)
that apparel articles imported into the United
States under this paragraph are being
unlawfully transshipped into the United States,
the Commissioner shall report that
determination to the President.
``(iii) Authority to reduce quantitative
limitation.--If, in any 1-year period with
respect to which the President extends
preferential treatment as described in this
paragraph, the Commissioner reports to the
President pursuant to clause (ii) regarding
unlawful transshipments, the President--
``(I) may modify the quantitative
limitation under this paragraph as the
President considers appropriate to
account for such transshipments; and
``(II) if the President modifies
the limitation under subclause (I),
shall publish notice of the
modification in the Federal Register.
``(E) Category defined.--In this paragraph, the
term `category' means the number assigned under the
U.S. Textile and Apparel Category System of the Office
of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce,
as listed in the HTS under the applicable heading or
subheading (as in effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of this paragraph).''.
SEC. 6. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE RULE.
Section 213A(b)(4)(B)(ii)(I) of the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(b)(4)(B)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking
``three'' and inserting ``two''.
SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF VALUE-ADDED RULE.
Section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19
U.S.C. 2703a), as amended by this Act, is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:
``(1) Initial applicable 1-year period.--The term `initial
applicable 1-year period' means the 1-year period beginning on
December 20, 2006.''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``an
applicable 1-year period'' and inserting ``the initial
applicable 1-year period and any 1-year period
thereafter'';
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in clause (i)--
(I) by striking ``any applicable 1-
year period'' and inserting ``the
initial applicable 1-year period and
any 1-year period thereafter''; and
(II) by striking ``the applicable
1-year period'' and inserting ``that 1-
year period'';
(ii) in clause (iv)(II)--
(I) in the subclause heading, by
striking ``applicable'';
(II) by striking ``In each of the
second, third, fourth, and fifth
applicable 1-year periods'' and
inserting ``In any 1-year period after
the initial applicable 1-year period'';
and
(III) by striking ``applicable 1-
year period'' each place it appears and
inserting ``1-year period'';
(iii) in clause (v)(I)--
(I) in item (aa), by striking ``,
the second applicable 1-year period,
and the third applicable 1-year
period'' and inserting ``and the
succeeding 8 1-year periods'';
(II) in item (bb), by striking
``the fourth applicable 1-year period''
and inserting ``the 1-year period
beginning on December 20, 2015, and the
1-year period beginning on December 20,
2016''; and
(III) in item (cc), by striking
``the fifth applicable 1-year period''
and inserting ``the 1-year period
beginning on December 20, 2017''; and
(iv) in clause (vi)--
(I) in subclause (II)--
(aa) by striking ``any
applicable 1-year period'' and
inserting ``the initial
applicable 1-year period or any
1-year period thereafter''; and
(bb) by striking
``applicable 1-year period''
each place it appears and
inserting ``1-year period'';
and
(II) in subclause (III)--
(aa) in item (aa), by
striking ``an applicable 1-year
period'' and inserting ``the
initial applicable 1-year
period or any 1-year period
thereafter''; and
(bb) by striking
``applicable 1-year period''
each place it appears and
inserting ``1-year period'';
and
(C) in subparagraph (C)--
(i) by striking ``applicable 1-year
periods'' and inserting ``1-year periods'';
(ii) by striking the table and inserting
the following:
``During: the corresponding percentage is:
the initial applicable 1-year period............... 1 percent.
each of the succeeding 11 1-year periods........... 1.25 percent.'';
and
(iii) in the flush text, by striking ``the
last day of the fifth applicable 1-year
period'' and inserting ``December 19, 2018''.
SEC. 8. WIRE HARNESSES.
Section 213A(c) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19
U.S.C. 2703A(c)) is amended by striking ``5-year period'' and inserting
``10-year period''.
SEC. 9. CUSTOMS SUPPORT SERVICES.
(a) In General.--
(1) Rapid response team.--The Commissioner responsible for
United States Customs and Border Protection (in this section
referred to as the ``Commissioner'') shall, in consultation
with the United States Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement
Agency, and other Federal agencies, as appropriate, seek to
send a rapid response team to Haiti--
(A) to assess the short-term and long-term
technical, capacity-building, and training needs of the
authorities of the Government of Haiti responsible for
customs services; and
(B) to provide immediate assistance, as warranted,
particularly with respect to--
(i) reestablishing full capacity for
commercial port operations at the seaport at
Port-au-Prince;
(ii) facilitating trade between the United
States and Haiti under the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act, as amended by this Act;
(iii) preventing unlawful transshipment of
goods through Haiti to the United States; and
(iv) otherwise strengthening cooperation
between the customs authorities of the United
States, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic with
respect to trade facilitation and economic
development, customs compliance and law
enforcement, and efforts to combat unlawful
trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic
substances.
(2) Report.--Not later than 75 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall prepare and
submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a
nonconfidential report summarizing the results of the
assessment required by paragraph (1)(A), including--
(A) a description of the short-term and long-term
technical, capacity-building, and training needs of the
authorities of the Government of Haiti responsible for
customs services, including a prioritization of
immediate infrastructure needs;
(B) a multi-year plan for supplying technical,
capacity-building, and training assistance to those
authorities, including specific responsibilities to be
undertaken by the support team authorized by subsection
(b); and
(C) a statement of the amount and purpose for which
any funds were expended by the rapid response team in
Haiti to administer the provisions of this section,
including any expenditure of funds authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to subsection (c)(1).
(b) Support Team.--
(1) In general.--The Commissioner shall, in consultation
with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, seek to establish
a support team in Haiti for the purpose of helping to meet the
short-term and long-term technical, capacity-building, and
training needs of the authorities of the Government of Haiti
responsible for customs services, as described in this section.
(2) Termination.--The support team authorized by paragraph
(1) shall terminate on September 30, 2020.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency, to
remain available until expended--
(A) $100,000 to help meet the immediate
infrastructure needs of the authorities of the
Government of Haiti responsible for customs services
for the purpose of facilitating trade between the
United States and Haiti under the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act, as amended by this Act; and
(B) $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011
through 2020 for the purpose of maintaining the support
team authorized by subsection (b).
(2) Supplement and not supplant.--The amounts authorized to
be appropriated by paragraph (1) shall supplement and not
supplant any other funds authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of Homeland Security.
SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Regional Cooperation.--It is the sense of Congress that the
United States Trade Representative should seek to enter into
consultations with representatives of countries with which the United
States has a trading relationship for the purpose of encouraging those
countries to establish bilateral trade preference programs with respect
to textile and apparel articles produced in Haiti.
(b) Transshipment.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Commissioner responsible for United States Customs and Border
Protection should, in consultation with the United States Trade
Representative and the Secretary of Commerce, seek to enter into
consultations with representatives of countries with which the United
States has a trading relationship for the purpose of preventing the
unlawful transshipment of textile and apparel articles from those
countries through Haiti.
SEC. 11. CUSTOMS USER FEES.
Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act
of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``May 14, 2018'' and
inserting ``November 10, 2018''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``June 7, 2018''
and inserting ``August 17, 2018''.
SEC. 12. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED TAXES.
(a) Shift From 2015 to 2014.--The percentage under paragraph (1) of
section 202(b) of the Corporate Estimated Tax Shift Act of 2009 in
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is increased by 0.75
percentage points.
(b) Shift From 2016 to 2015.--The percentage under paragraph (2) of
section 561 of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act in
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act is increased by 0.75
percentage points.
SEC. 13. BUDGET COMPLIANCE.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2010.
Attest:
Clerk.
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5160
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AN ACT
To extend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, to provide customs
support services to Haiti, and for other purposes.