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No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025
To require the approval of Congress for the President to impose duties on the importation of articles into the United States.
Summary
This bill requires the President to obtain congressional approval before imposing new duties (tariffs) on imported articles. The President must submit a proposal to Congress that includes a rationale for the tariff, and Congress must enact a joint resolution approving it. This requirement applies to tariffs imposed under multiple laws including the Trade Act of 1974, the Tariff Act of 1930, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The requirement does not apply to embargoes, which are complete exclusions of articles from a country.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY)
Actions (2)
- Apr 3, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Apr 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 3, 2025
Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To require the approval of Congress for the President to impose duties on the importation of articles into the United States.
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 “No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR IMPOSITION OF DUTIES.
(a) In General.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 155. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR IMPOSITION OF DUTIES.
“(a) In General.—On and after the date of the enactment of this section, the President may impose a duty on the importation of articles into the United States under any provision of law, including a provision of law specified in subsection (b), only if—
“(1) the President submits to Congress a proposal to impose the duty that includes a rationale for imposing the duty; and
“(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution approving the imposition of the duty.
“(b) Provisions of Law Specified.—The provisions of law specified in this subsection are the following:
“(1) This Act.
“(2) The Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.).
“(3) The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862 et seq.).
“(4) The Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.).
“(5) The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
“(6) Any provision of law enacted to implement a trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
“(7) Any provision of a trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
“(8) Any other provision of the customs and trade laws of the United States (as defined in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4301)).
“(c) Treatment of Embargoes.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the exclusion of all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States.”.
(b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 154 the following:
“Sec. 155. Congressional approval required for imposition of duties.”. <all>
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