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Prevent Tariff Abuse Act

To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Introduced Jan 15, 2025

Latest action (Jan 15, 2025) Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Issues
Economy & Taxes
Legislative subjects (3)
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsTariffsTrade restrictions

Summary

This bill amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to clarify that the President's authority during national emergencies does not include the power to impose tariffs, tariff-rate quotas, or other import quotas on articles entering the United States. The amendment adds a new subsection to Section 203 of the act explicitly excluding these duties and quotas from the President's emergency economic authorities. This limits the President's ability to use emergency powers to impose trade restrictions.

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Sponsor (1)
74 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
  2. Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 15, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 15, 2025

Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Chu, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Larsen of Washington, and Mr. Kennedy of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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 “Prevent Tariff Abuse Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE IMPOSITION OF IMPORT DUTIES AND QUOTAS FROM PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITIES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT.

Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

“(c) The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to impose duties, tariff-rate quotas, or other quotas on articles entering the United States.”. <all>

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