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Last progress February 26, 2025 (12 months ago)
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
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Last progress February 3, 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Extends and updates the Caribbean Basin trade program for apparel. It keeps certain clothing from eligible countries duty‑free through September 30, 2035, requires at least a 60% regional value/content threshold (effective December 20, 2017), and caps the annual amount of apparel that can get this special treatment to 1.25% of total U.S. apparel imports after the first year. It also tells the President to fix the tariff schedule so products that used to qualify (as of December 20, 2006) but lost eligibility due to later schedule edits can regain duty‑free status. That change can only take effect at least two business days after a report is sent to two key congressional committees.
Defines the term “applicable percentage” to mean 60 percent or more on and after December 20, 2017.
Sets 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 meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available.
Revises paragraph (2) language by striking each place it appears and inserting the phrase “in any of the succeeding 1-year periods.”
Revises subsection (h) (Termination) so that the duty-free treatment provided under this section shall remain in effect until September 30, 2035.
The President must proclaim whatever modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are necessary to restore eligibility of the articles described in subsection (b) for preferential treatment under section 213A of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
Last progress February 26, 2025 (12 months ago)
Introduced on February 26, 2025 by Gregory Francis Murphy
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
