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S 2952 118th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance

AGOA Extension Act of 2023

Introduced: September 27, 2023 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

AGOA Extension Act of 2023

This bill extends through September 30, 2045, the duty-free treatment of the products of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under the Trade Act of 1974 and the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

The extended period also applies to

  • the preferential treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or components knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from yarns originating in the United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries or former beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, or both; and
  • the third-country fabric program granting duty-free treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, or both, in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, regardless of the country of origin of the fabric or the yarn used to make such articles.
What's happening now September 27, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • COGENT STRATEGIES LLC
    for SASOL CHEMICALS USA LLC (THROUGH HARRIS DEVILLE AND ASSOCIATES) · Louisiana · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025
  • COGENT STRATEGIES LLC
    for SASOL CHEMICALS USA LLC (THROUGH HARRIS DEVILLE AND ASSOCIATES) · Louisiana · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2952: AGOA Extension Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2952/
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"S. 2952: AGOA Extension Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2952/.
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S. 2952, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2952/.
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[S. 2952: AGOA Extension Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2952/)
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