Prevent Tariff Abuse Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 15, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedJan 15, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 53 words.
Prevent Tariff Abuse Act This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose duties, tariff-rate quotas, or other quotas on imports entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)
Context
- Committees
- House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Ways and Means Committee - Policy area
- Foreign Trade and International Finance: 15 of 908 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.7%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 127 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 98 words
- Subjects
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsTariffsTrade restrictions
- 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]