This part keeps a trade deal for Haiti going until December 31, 2026. It sets a new cap on how much clothing gets the deal. It tells the President to restore some goods that had dropped out. It also lets goods that came in during a gap be rescored.
“``(I) Applicable percentage.--The term `applicable percentage' means 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017.''”
Section 5020 amends section 213A(b)(1)(B)(v)(I) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to read as the quoted text, defining applicable percentage as 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017.
What the document actually says
“``(I) Applicable percentage.--The term `applicable percentage' means 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017.''”
That sentence, in plain words
The words applicable percentage have one meaning here. They mean 60 percent or more. That holds on and after December 20, 2017.
What this is about
A trade deal can turn on how much of a good comes from a set place. That share is put in words here. The words are given one fixed meaning.
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“``(C) Quantitative limitations.--The preferential treatment described in subparagraph (A) shall be extended, during each period after the initial applicable 1-year period, to not more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square”
Section 5020 amends section 213A(b)(1)(C) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to read as quoted. The new text limits the preferential treatment, in each period after the initial one-year period, to no more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.
What the document actually says
“``(C) Quantitative limitations.--The preferential treatment described in subparagraph (A) shall be extended, during each period after the initial applicable 1-year period, to not more than 1.25 percent of the aggregate square”
That sentence, in plain words
After the first year, the deal covers no more than a small share of the clothes brought into this country. The share is 1.25 out of every 100.
What this is about
A cap keeps a trade deal from growing without limit. This cap is set as a share of all clothes brought in. It moves as that total moves.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5020 in the PDF
What the document says
“in paragraph (2), by striking ``in each of the 16 succeeding 1-year periods'' each place it appears and inserting ``in any of the succeeding 1-year periods''”
Section 5020 amends section 213A(b)(2) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, striking in each of the 16 succeeding 1-year periods each place it appears and inserting in any of the succeeding 1-year periods.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (2), by striking ``in each of the 16 succeeding 1-year periods'' each place it appears and inserting ``in any of the succeeding 1-year periods''”
That sentence, in plain words
Cross out the words that set a count of 16 years. Write in words that name no count at all.
What this is about
A fixed count of years runs out on its own. Words with no count do not. The end date is then set somewhere else.
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“``(h) Termination.--The duty-free treatment provided under this section shall remain in effect until December 31, 2026.''.”
Section 5020 amends subsection (h) of section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to read as quoted, so that the duty-free treatment under that section stays in effect until December 31, 2026.
What the document actually says
“``(h) Termination.--The duty-free treatment provided under this section shall remain in effect until December 31, 2026.''.”
That sentence, in plain words
The no-tax treatment under this part stays in place until December 31, 2026.
What this is about
A duty is a tax paid at the border. Duty-free means no such tax. This sets the day the deal stops.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: PresidentHow: proclamationSec. 5020 in the PDF
What the document says
“The President shall proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as may be necessary to restore the eligibility of articles described in paragraph (2) for preferential treatment under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a).”
Subsection (b) of section 5020 requires the President to proclaim the changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule needed to restore preferential treatment for articles that were eligible under section 213A on December 20, 2006 and became ineligible after that date and before enactment as a result of revisions to the Schedule.
What the document actually says
“The President shall proclaim such modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States as may be necessary to restore the eligibility of articles described in paragraph (2) for preferential treatment under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a).”
That sentence, in plain words
The President must make the changes needed to bring some goods back into the deal. The changes go into the list of goods and their taxes.
What this is about
The list of goods gets revised over time. Some goods dropped out of the deal by accident. This tells the President to put them back.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: PresidentHow: proclamationSec. 5020 in the PDF
What the document says
“A proclamation under paragraph (1) shall take effect not earlier than 2 business days after the President submits to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the proclamation and the reasons for the modifications”
Section 5020 provides that the proclamation may not take effect earlier than two business days after the President sends a report on it, and on the reasons for the changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means.
What the document actually says
“A proclamation under paragraph (1) shall take effect not earlier than 2 business days after the President submits to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the proclamation and the reasons for the modifications”
That sentence, in plain words
The order starts no sooner than two work days after a report goes to Congress. The President sends the report to two groups there.
What this is about
The report explains what is changing and why. The wait gives Congress a look first. Two work days is the least it can be.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionHow: statuteSec. 5020 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.”
Subsection (c) of section 5020 provides that an entry of an article from Haiti made on or after September 30, 2025 and before enactment, which would have had duty-free or other preferential treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act had it been made before September 30, 2025, is liquidated or reliquidated as though it had occurred on the date of enactment. A request must be filed with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection within 180 days of enactment, and amounts owed are paid without interest of any kind within 90 days of the liquidation or reliquidation.
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 deal 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 main things the section does: rewrite the applicable percentage and the quantitative limitation in section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, open up the count of succeeding periods, set a new termination date, direct a presidential proclamation restoring eligibility with a reporting condition, and allow retroactive liquidation with a deadline.
The section's strike-and-insert instructions listed one by one where they make the same change in more than one place.
The section amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and works against the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Neither is indexed here, so what the underlying preference program provides is not recorded on this site.
