This Act may be cited as the Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2026.

The purpose of this Act is to ensure that foreign-trade zones in the United States continue— (1) to operate in support of United States competitiveness in manufacturing and distribution; and (2) to create and preserve jobs in the United States.

(a) Amendments to Foreign Trade Zones Act Section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zones Act) (19 U.S.C. 81cU.S. Code — Title 19, Section 81cView official source on GovInfo), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Export from a foreign-Trade zone of certain merchandise manufactured or changed in condition Notwithstanding the seventh proviso of subsection (a)— (1) each article subject to the procedures described in such proviso and classifiable under the heading 9801.00.95 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall enter free of duty in accordance with such heading; and (2) any article consisting of components subject to such procedures and classifiable under such heading shall enter free of duty with respect to such components.. (b) Duty-Free treatment for certain articles Subchapter I of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new subheading: 9801.00.95 Merchandise that is subject to duty deferral restrictions of the free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada (19 U.S.C. 4501U.S. Code — Title 19, Section 4501View official source on GovInfo, et seq.; commonly known as the USMCA) (or any successor agreement) that is admitted into a United States foreign-trade zone, manufactured, or changed in condition therein, and subsequently withdrawn for direct exportation to the territory of a Party to that agreement Free.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall issue such regulations as are necessary to implement section 3.