H.R. 8906: To provide for retroactive application of Generalized System of Preferences for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022.

117th Congress · introduced 2022-09-19 · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-09-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To provide for retroactive application of Generalized System of Preferences for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022.

Plain summary

This bill retroactively applies the Generalized System of Preferences (a U.S. trade preference program that provides duty-free access to imports on products from certain developing countries) for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022. These covered articles shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though entry occurred on December 31, 2020. A request for liquidation or reliquidation must be filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and such request must contain sufficient information for CBP to locate the entry or, if the entry cannot be located, reconstruct the entry. Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a covered article shall be paid without interest.

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To provide for retroactive application of Generalized System of Preferences for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] · 20 cosponsors

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Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23] reported raising $3.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr8906.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr8906 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117