Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act
Introduced Dec 9, 2025 by Rep. Gregory F. Murphy
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill extends through December 31, 2028, the special duty-free rules for various apparel products imported from Haiti, including the duty-free treatment provided for a limited amount (referred to as tariff preference levels) of certain apparel products assembled in and imported from Haiti.
The bill directs the President to proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) that may be necessary to restore preferential treatment to articles that became ineligible for such treatment due to prior revisions to the HTS.
The bill also provides for the refund of duties (i.e., liquidation or reliquidation of entries) on covered articles from Haiti that entered into the United States on or after September 30, 2025, and before the date of this bill's enactment. A request for liquidation or reliquidation must be filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the request must contain sufficient information for CBP to locate the entry or, if the entry cannot be located, reconstruct the entry. CBP must refund any duties previously paid with respect to the entry within 90 days.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
- Jan 13, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jan 12, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 12, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 345 - 45 (Roll no. 15). (text: CR H642)
- Jan 12, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 345 - 45 (Roll no. 15). (text: CR H642)
- Jan 12, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H647)
- Jan 12, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jan 12, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6504.
- Jan 12, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H642-645)
- Jan 12, 2026Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 30, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 364.
- Dec 30, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-418.
- Dec 10, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- Dec 10, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 9, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Dec 9, 2025Introduced in House