[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1943 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1943

   To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to extend the 
  transition period for preferential treatment of certain textile and 
                           apparel articles.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 5, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to extend the 
  transition period for preferential treatment of certain textile and 
                           apparel articles.

    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 ``Caribbean Trade Extension Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRANSITION PERIOD FOR PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF 
              CERTAIN TEXTILE AND APPAREL ARTICLES.

    Section 213(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2703(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) in subclause (II)(cc), by striking 
                        ``2020'' and inserting ``2030''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (IV)(dd), by striking 
                        ``2020'' and inserting ``2030''; and
                    (B) in clause (iv)(II), by striking ``18'' and 
                inserting ``28''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5)(D)(i), by striking ``2020'' and 
        inserting ``2030''.
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