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GAO-12-204R 1 (2011-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacfnb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountabiliy - Integrity - Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 November 30, 2011 The Honorable Max Baucus Chairman The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch Ranking Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Dave Camp Chairman The Honorable Sander M. Levin Ranking Member Committee on Ways and Means House of Representatives Subject: Earned Import Allowance Program for Haiti The United States has historically provided assistance to support development in Haiti. Over the last several years, Congress has attempted to promote Haiti's economic development through the use of trade preferences for Haitian products. In 2000, Congress extended preferences under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act1 to allow for duty-free treatment of apparel through the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA).2 In 2006, Congress passed the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) Act, giving preferential access to U.S. imports of Haitian apparel.3 In 2008, Congress amended HOPE (now known as HOPE II), expanding trade preference provisions already in place and creating new ones to further support the growth of the apparel industry in Haiti.4 It was the intent of Congress that HOPE II would help Haiti attract new investment and create jobs while simultaneously providing incentives to encourage the use of inputs manufactured by U.S. companies. Most recently, in an effort to support Haiti's recovery from the devastating earthquake that hit the country in January 2010, Congress passed the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act of 2010,5 expanding and modifying several trade preference provisions under HOPE I1. The various provisions included under HOPE II and 1In 1983, Congress passed the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (Public Law 98-67, Title II) to allow for duty-free treatment of most goods, including certain apparel, exported from Haiti and other Caribbean Basin countries to facilitate the economic development and export diversification of these economies. 2Public Law 106-200, Title I1. 3Public Law 109-432, Div. D, Title V. 4Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (HOPE II), Public Law 110- 234, Title XV, Subtitle D, Part I. 5Public Law 111-171 H.R. 5160, 111th Cong., 2d Sess. GAO-12-204R Haiti EIAP

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