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S 2261 108th Congress Senate

Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004

Official title: A bill to expand certain preferential trade treatment for Haiti.

Introduced: April 5, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2004
Message received in Senate: Returned to Senate pursuant to the request of the Senate and held at desk.
Sep 15, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 14, 2004
Senate requests return of papers with respect to S. 2261 by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 19, 2004
Held at the desk.
Jul 19, 2004
Received in the House.
Jul 19, 2004
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jul 16, 2004
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 16, 2004
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 16, 2004
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Jul 16, 2004
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8401-8402)
Jul 16, 2004
Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8401-8402)
Jun 1, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6258-6260)
Mar 30, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3370-3371)
Mar 30, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3370)
Mar 30, 2004
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

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1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,565 – To provide a substitute amendment to ensure violations of laws relating to circumvention are enforced. Agreed to Jul 16, 2004
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 Latest action September 29, 2004

Message received in Senate: Returned to Senate pursuant to the request of the Senate and held at desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide, beginning on October 1, 2003, and for each of the seven succeeding one-year periods, duty-free treatment for apparel items wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti (without regard to the country of origin of the fabrics, components, or yarns) if the President certifies to Congress that Haiti: (1) has established or is progressing toward specified political, economic, and social reforms; (2) does not engage in activities that undermine U.S. security or foreign policy; (3) does not engage in gross violations of human rights or activities in support of international terrorism; and (4) is meeting specified enforcement conditions aimed at preventing tariff or quota avoidance, customs evasion, unlawful transshipment, or false information or false document use in order to obtain such preferential treatment.

States that such preferential treatment shall be: (1) for the first year, 1.5 percent of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States during the 12-month period beginning October 1, 2002; and (2) for each of the succeeding years, a quantity of apparel articles equal to the product of the percentage applicable during the previous 12-month period plus 0.5 percent (but not over 3.5 percent) and the aggregate square meter equivalents of all apparel articles imported into the United States during the 12-month period ending on September 30 of such year.

Applies such provisions to goods entered or withdrawn from a warehouse for consumption on or after October 1, 2003, including a retroactive application to certain warehouse entries or withdrawals made between such date and the date of enactment of this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2261: Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2261/
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