[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1293 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1293

To require the approval of Congress for the President to impose duties 
         on the importation of articles into the United States.


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                   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

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                                 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.''.
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