119 S151 IS: Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-01-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 151IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 17, 2025Mrs. 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 AffairsA BILLTo exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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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—(1)by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and(2)by inserting after subsection (b) the following:(c)(1)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.(2)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..