[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6500 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6500
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from
certain countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity
Act, to extend customs user fees, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 9, 2025
Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself and Mr. Smith of Nebraska)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means
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A BILL
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from
certain countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity
Act, to extend customs user fees, 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 ``AGOA Extension Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN
AFRICA UNDER THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT;
RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
(a) Extension.--
(1) Trade act of 1974.--Section 506B of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ``September 30,
2025'' and inserting ``December 31, 2028''.
(2) African growth and opportunity act.--
(A) In general.--Section 112(g) of the African
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(g)) is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2028''.
(B) Regional apparel article program.--Section
112(b)(3)(A) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act
(19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``21
succeeding'' and inserting ``24 succeeding'';
and
(ii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December
31, 2028''.
(C) Third-country fabric program.--Section
112(c)(1) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19
U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is amended--
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December
31, 2028'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December
31, 2028''; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking
``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December
31, 2028''.
(b) Retroactive Application.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, and
subject to paragraph (2), any entry of a covered article to
which duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment under
section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) would
have applied if the entry had been made on September 30, 2025,
that was made--
(A) after September 30, 2025, and
(B) before the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry
occurred on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Requests.--A liquidation or reliquidation may be made
under paragraph (1) with respect to an entry only if a request
therefor is filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act that contains sufficient information to
enable such Commissioner--
(A) to locate the entry; or
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be
located.
(3) Payment of amounts owed.--Any amounts owed by the
United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of
an entry of a covered article under paragraph (1) shall be
paid, without interest of any kind, not later than 90 days
after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation (as the case
may be).
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Covered article.--The term ``covered article''
means an article from a country that is designated by
the President as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African
country under section 104 of the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) as of the day before
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Entry.--The term ``entry'' includes a
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES.
(a) In General.--Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2031''
and inserting ``December 31, 2031''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``September 30,
2031'' and inserting ``December 31, 2031''.
(b) Rate for Merchandise Processing Fees.--Section 503 of the
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C.
3805 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2031'' and inserting
``December 31, 2031''.
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