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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 151
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 17, 2025
Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025
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Exclusion of authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended—
by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to impose or increase a duty, or to impose a tariff-rate quota, on an article entering the United States.
The limitation under paragraph (1) does not prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States.
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