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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5614" measure-id="id118hr5614" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-09-20" update-date="2024-08-15">
        <title>Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2023</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr5614v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-08-15">
            <action-date>2023-09-20</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Haiti Economic Lift Program Extension Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill extends through FY2035 the special duty-free rules for Haiti. It also extends through FY2035 the duty-free treatment provided for certain apparel products assembled in and imported from Haiti.</p><p>The bill directs the President to&nbsp;proclaim such modifications&nbsp;to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) that may be necessary to restore special tariff treatment to articles that lost such treatment due to prior&nbsp;modifications to the HTS.</p>]]></summary-text>
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