[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6414 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6414

To make Ecuador eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under 
               the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2023

 Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Davidson, 
 and Mr. Gallego) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To make Ecuador eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under 
               the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

    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 ``Innovation and Development in 
Ecuador Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ECUADOR FOR DESIGNATION AS A BENEFICIARY COUNTRY 
              UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 212(b) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(b)) is amended by inserting after 
``Dominica'' the following new item:
    ``Ecuador''.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
President should, not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, issue a proclamation designating Ecuador as a 
CBTPA beneficiary country (as such term is defined in section 
213(b)(5)(B) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 
2703(b)(5)(B)).
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