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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="2952" measure-id="id118s2952" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-09-27" update-date="2024-08-26">
        <title>AGOA Extension Act of 2023</title>
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            <action-date>2023-09-27</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>AGOA Extension Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill extends through September 30, 2045, the duty-free treatment of the products of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the Trade Act of 1974 and the African Growth and Opportunity Act.</p><p>The extended period also applies to</p><ul><li>the preferential treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or components knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from yarns originating in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries or former beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, or both; and</li><li>the third-country fabric program granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles.</li></ul><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,eyJtY2UtY29udmVyc2F0aW9uXzMzMDcwNzg0OTIxNzI0NjgyMTkwNDk1Ijp7InVpZCI6Im1jZS1jb252ZXJzYXRpb25fMzMwNzA3ODQ5MjE3MjQ2ODIxOTA0OTUiLCJjb21tZW50cyI6W3sidWlkIjoibWNlLWNvbnZlcnNhdGlvbl8zMzA3MDc4NDkyMTcyNDY4MjE5MDQ5NSIsImF1dGhvciI6Indob3dhcmRAbGliLmxvYy5nb3YiLCJhdXRob3JOYW1lIjoid2hvd2FyZEBsaWIubG9jLmdvdiIsImNvbnRlbnQiOiJDb3BpZWQgZnJvbSBQTCAxMTQtMjcsIFNlYy4gMTAzIiwiY3JlYXRlZEF0IjoiMjAyNC0wOC0yNlQxNDoyMzoxMC40OTVaIiwibW9kaWZpZWRBdCI6IjIwMjQtMDgtMjZUMTQ6MjM6MTAuNDk1WiJ9XX19-->]]></summary-text>
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