[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3275 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3275

To extend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, to provide customs 
           support services to Haiti, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2010

  Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
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 (``HOPE Act''), and the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity 
        through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (``HOPE II 
        Act'')), 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            ``(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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
362                                                                                                 6304.11.1000
                                                                                                    6304.19.0500
                                                                                                    6304.19.1000
                                                                                                    9404.90.8020
                                                                                                    9404.90.8505
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
363                                                                                                 6302.60.0020
                                                                                                    6302.91.0015
                                                                                                    6302.91.0035
                                                                                                    6302.91.0045
                                                                                                    6307.90.8940
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
                                                                                                    5601.21.0090
                                                                                                    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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
396                                                                                                 5601.10.1000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
469                                                                                                 6304.19.3040
                                                                                                    6304.91.0050
                                                                                                    6304.99.1500
                                                                                                    6304.99.6010
                                                                                                    5601.29.0020
                                                                                                    6302.39.0010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
489                                                                                                 6406.10.9020
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
665                                                                                                 5702.31.1000
                                                                                                    5702.31.2000
                                                                                                    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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
666                                                                                                 6304.11.2000
                                                                                                    6304.91.0040
                                                                                                    6304.93.0000
                                                                                                    6304.99.6020
                                                                                                    9404.90.8522
                                                                                                    6301.30.0020
                                                                                                    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
                                                                                                    6305.32.0010
                                                                                                    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
                                                                                                    9404.90.8536
                                                                                                    5601.29.0090
                                                                                                    6301.90.0030
                                                                                                    6305.90.0000
                                                                                                    6406.10.9060
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
900                                                                                                 5601.29.0010
                                                                                                    5701.90.2010
                                                                                                    6301.90.0020
                                                                                                    5701.90.2010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            ``(iii) Other articles described.--Made-up 
                        textile articles described in this clause are 
                        articles 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):
                                    ``(I) 5703.20.2000.
                                    ``(II) 6406.10.9090.
                                    ``(III) 9404.90.8523.
                            ``(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 U.S. 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 
        U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. 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.
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