This part pushes back dates in the trade law for African goods to December 31, 2026. It lets goods that came in during the gap be rescored as if they came in on the day this law passed. It also moves two customs fee dates to December 31, 2031.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5019 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 506B of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 31, 2026''.”
Section 5019 amends section 506B of the Trade Act of 1974, striking September 30, 2025 and inserting December 31, 2026. The section makes the same date change to section 112(g) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
What the document actually says
“Section 506B of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 31, 2026''.”
That sentence, in plain words
In one part of a 1974 trade law, cross out the old date. Write in December 31, 2026.
What this is about
The trade program lets some goods from Africa come in with no duty. A duty is a tax at the border. The program was set to stop.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5019 in the PDF
What the document says
“(I) in clause (i), by striking ``21 succeeding'' and inserting ``23 succeeding''; and
(II) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 31, 2026''.”
Section 5019 amends section 112(b)(3)(A) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. It strikes 21 succeeding and inserts 23 succeeding in clause (i), and strikes September 30, 2025 and inserts December 31, 2026 in clause (ii)(II). The section makes matching date changes in the third-country fabric program at section 112(c)(1).
What the document actually says
“(I) in clause (i), by striking ``21 succeeding'' and inserting ``23 succeeding''; and
(II) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``September 30, 2025'' and inserting ``December 31, 2026''.”
That sentence, in plain words
Cross out the words 21 succeeding and write in 23 succeeding. In another spot, cross out the old date and write in December 31, 2026.
What this is about
The heading names a program for clothes made in the region. It runs for a count of years. Two more years are added.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionHow: statuteSec. 5019 in the PDF
What the document says
“shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry occurred on the date of the enactment of this Act”
Section 5019 provides that an entry of a covered article made after September 30, 2025 and before the enactment of this Act, which would have had duty-free or other preferential treatment had it been made on September 30, 2025, is liquidated or reliquidated as though it had occurred on the date of enactment. This applies notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930. A covered article is defined as an article from a country designated by the President as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act as of the day before enactment, and an entry includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
What the document actually says
“shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry occurred on the date of the enactment of this Act”
That sentence, in plain words
Settle the customs paperwork on those goods as if they had come in on the day this law passed.
What this is about
The old program ran out before the new law passed. Goods came in during that gap. This lets those goods get the deal after all.
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The document says “may not”Who acts: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionHow: statuteSec. 5019 in the PDF
What the document says
“A liquidation or reliquidation may be made under subparagraph (A) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act”
Section 5019 conditions the retroactive treatment on a request filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 180 days of enactment, containing enough information to let the Commissioner locate the entry or reconstruct it if it cannot be located. Any amounts owed by the United States are to be paid without interest of any kind, no later than 90 days after the liquidation or reliquidation.
What the document actually says
“A liquidation or reliquidation may be made under subparagraph (A) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act”
That sentence, in plain words
The customs office will only redo the paperwork if asked. The request must arrive within 180 days of the day this law passed.
What this is about
The customs office does not go back through old entries on its own. The importer must ask. The ask has a deadline.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5019 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112-41;19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2031'' and inserting ``December 31, 2031''.”
Subsection (b) of section 5019 makes the same date change in two places. It amends section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, in subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i), and section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, striking September 30, 2031 and inserting December 31, 2031.
What the document actually says
“Section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 112-41;19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2031'' and inserting ``December 31, 2031''.”
That sentence, in plain words
In one part of a trade law, cross out the old date. Write in December 31, 2031.
What this is about
A user fee is what the customs office charges to handle goods. The fees were set to end in 2031. The end date moves by three months.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
The main things the section does: extend the dates in the Trade Act of 1974 and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, change a count of succeeding periods in the regional apparel article program, allow retroactive liquidation for entries made in the gap and set the deadline and payment rule for it, and extend two customs user fee dates.
The section's several parallel strike-and-insert instructions, listed one by one. Where the same date change is made in more than one place, it is recorded once.
The section amends the Trade Act of 1974, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Caribbean Basin statutes and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. None of those is indexed here, so what the extended programs provide is not recorded on this site.
