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TREAS/DO RIN: 1505-AB82 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership Encouragement Acts of 2006 and 2008 
Abstract: This document adopts as a final rule, with some changes, the interim amendments to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations which were published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2007, as CBP Dec. 07-43, to implement the duty-free provisions of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE I) Act of 2006. The regulatory amendments adopted as a final rule in this document include changes necessitated by the enactment of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE II) Act of 2008, contained in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. 
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 10, subpart O    19 CFR 163     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 19 USC 66    19 USC 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States    19 USC 1321    19 USC 1481    19 USC 1484    19 USC 1498    19 USC 1508    19 USC 1623 and 1624    19 USC 3314    19 USC 2703A   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, title XV, Haitian HOPE II Act, Public Law 110-234  09/30/2008 
Final  Statutory  Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, title V, Haitian HOPE I Act, Public Law 109-432, 120 Stat. 2922  06/20/2007 

Overall Description of Deadline: Sec. 5002 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (HOPE Act) amended the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (codified at 19 USC 2701-2707) by adding a new section 213A, entitled "Special Rules for Haiti." Subsection (f) of sec. 213A provides that implementing regulations to carry out the additional trade benefits for Haiti shall be issued not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the HOPE Act (12/20/06). Sec. 15407, HOPE II Act, provides a regulatory deadline of 9/30/08.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  06/22/2007  72 FR 34365   
Interim Final Rule Effective  06/22/2007    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  08/21/2007    
Final Action  09/30/2008  73 FR 56715   
Final Action Effective  09/30/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Abels
Operations Officer, Textiles Operation Branch
Department of the Treasury
United States Customs Service
Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1400 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20229-1142
Phone:202 863-6503

Heather Sykes
Chief, Trade Policy Branch, Trade Policy and Programs
Department of the Treasury
United States Customs Service
Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1400 L Street NW. (12th Floor).,
Washington, DC 20029-1155
Phone:202 863-6099
Email: heather.sykes@cbp.dhs.gov

Cynthia Reese
Senior Attorney, Valuation & Special Program Branch
Department of the Treasury
United States Customs Service
Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 90 K Street NE., (10th Floor),
Washington, DC 20229-1177
Phone:202 325-0046
Email: cynthia.reese@cbp.dhs.gov

Craig Walker
Attorney-Advisor, Trade and Commercial Regulations
Department of the Treasury
Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, Customs and Border Protection, 799 9th Street NW. (Mint Annex),
Washington, DC 20229
Phone:202 325-0116