Placed on Calendar Senate — H.R. 6500

Calendar No. 320

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6500

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2026

Received

February 9, 2026

Read the first time

February 10, 2026

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

AN ACT

To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from certain countries in Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, to extend customs user fees, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the AGOA Extension Act.

Sec. 2. Extension of preferential treatment for certain countries in Africa under African Growth and Opportunity Act; retroactive application

(a) Extension

(1) Trade Act of 1974

Section 506B of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by striking September 30, 2025 and inserting December 31, 2028.

(2) African Growth and Opportunity Act

(A) In general

Section 112(g) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(g)) is amended by striking September 30, 2025 and inserting December 31, 2028.

(B) Regional apparel article program

Section 112(b)(3)(A) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(A)) is amended—

(i)

in clause (i), by striking 21 succeeding and inserting 24 succeeding; and

(ii)

in clause (ii)(II), by striking September 30, 2025 and inserting December 31, 2028.

(C) Third-country fabric program

Section 112(c)(1) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is amended—

(i)

in the paragraph heading, by striking september 30, 2025 and inserting december 31, 2028;

(ii)

in subparagraph (A), by striking September 30, 2025 and inserting December 31, 2028; and

(iii)

in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking September 30, 2025 and inserting December 31, 2028.

(b) Retroactive application

(1) In general

Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, and subject to paragraph (2), any entry of a covered article to which duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment under section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) would have applied if the entry had been made on September 30, 2025, that was made—

(A)

after September 30, 2025, and

(B)

before the date of the enactment of this Act,

shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry occurred on the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2) Requests

A liquidation or reliquidation may be made under paragraph (1) 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 contains sufficient information to enable such Commissioner—

(A)

to locate the entry; or

(B)

to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.

(3) Payment of amounts owed

Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a covered article under paragraph (1) shall be paid, without interest of any kind, not later than 90 days after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation (as the case may be).

(4) Definitions

In this subsection:

(A) Covered article

The term covered article means an article from a country that is designated by the President as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under section 104 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703) as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.

(B) Entry

The term entry includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.

Sec. 3. Extension of customs user fees

(a) In general

Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (A), by striking September 30, 2031 and inserting December 31, 2031; and

(2)

in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking September 30, 2031 and inserting December 31, 2031.

(b) Rate for merchandise processing fees

Section 503 of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended by striking September 30, 2031 and inserting December 31, 2031.