[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2888 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2888
To terminate certain tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency authorities
and require congressional approval for the imposition of similar
tariffs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2025
Ms. Sanchez (for herself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of
California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms.
Sewell, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Boyle of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schneider, Mr.
Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr.
Gray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules,
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
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A BILL
To terminate certain tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency authorities
and require congressional approval for the imposition of similar
tariffs, and for other purposes.
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 ``Stopping a Rogue President on Trade
Act''.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS IMPOSING TARIFFS.
Duties imposed by the following Executive orders, and any successor
or substantially similar Executive orders, shall have no force or
effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act:
(1) Executive Order 14257 (90 Fed. Reg. 15041).
(2) Executive Order 14193 (90 Fed. Reg. 9113).
(3) Executive Order 14194 (90 Fed. Reg. 9117).
SEC. 3. APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR IMPOSITION OF DUTIES, QUOTAS, OR TARIFF
RATE QUOTAS OR SUSPENSION, WITHDRAWAL, OR PREVENTION OF
THE APPLICATION OF TRADE AGREEMENT CONCESSIONS.
(a) Congressional Approval Required.--Except as provided by
subsection (b), the President may not impose or increase a duty, quota,
or tariff-rate quota with respect to an article imported into the
United States or suspend, withdraw, or prevent the application of trade
agreement concessions with respect to an article unless there is
enacted into law a joint resolution of approval with respect to the
duty, quota, tariff-rate quota, or concession.
(b) Exclusions.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall not
apply with respect to--
(1) antidumping and countervailing duties imposed under
title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.);
(2) duties, quotas, and tariff-rate quotas imposed under
chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251
et seq.);
(3) duties imposed consistent with a ruling authorizing the
suspension of benefits or concessions on the part of the United
States issued by--
(A) a dispute settlement panel constituted under a
bilateral or plurilateral free trade agreement for
which explicit congressional approval pursuant to the
requirements of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2191) has been enacted before the date of
the enactment of this Act, before which the United
States is a party; or
(B) a dispute settlement panel described in section
123 of the Uruguay Rounds Agreement Act (19 U.S.C.
3533) before which the United States is a party.
SEC. 4. JOINT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.
(a) Joint Resolution of Approval Defined.--For purposes of this
Act, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means only a joint
resolution, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: ``That Congress approves ___ imposed with respect to ___.'',
with the first blank space being filled with a description of the
proposed action with respect to the article and the second blank space
being filled with a description of the article.
(b) Introduction of Joint Resolution of Approval.--A joint
resolution of approval may be introduced in either House of Congress by
any Member.
(c) Expedited Procedures.--The provisions of subsections (b)
through (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192)
apply to a joint resolution of approval described in subsection (a) to
the same extent that such subsections apply to joint resolutions under
such section 152.
(d) Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives.--This
section is enacted by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of a joint resolution of approval, and
supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is
inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
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