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No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025 This bill requires the President to receive congressional approval in order to impose a duty (i.e., tariff) on articles imported into the United States. Specifically, the President may impose a duty on an article imported into the United States only if (1) the President submits to Congress a proposal to impose the duty that includes a rationale for imposing the duty, and (2) a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. The bill applies to specified statutory authorities, such as the Tariff Act of 1930 and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and other provisions of law (e.g., trade agreements). Therefore, for example, the bill requires the President to receive congressional approval before imposing tariffs under IEEPA. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency. In 2025, President Donald J. Trump invoked IEEPA to impose tariffs on imports from almost all U.S. trading partners. Several lawsuits challenging the President's legal authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA are ongoing.)
Action Timeline
2025-04-03
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-04-03
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.1293 pass?
S.1293 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 42%.
What does S.1293 do?
No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025 This bill requires the President to receive congressional approval in order to impose a duty (i.e., tariff) on articles imported into the United States. Specifically, the President may impose a duty on an article imported into the United States only if (1) the President submits to Congress a proposal to impose the duty that includes a rationale for imposing the duty, and (2) a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. The bill applies to specified statutory authorities, such as the Tariff Act of 1930 and the International Emergency Economi…
Who sponsored S.1293?
S.1293 was sponsored by Rand Paul (R-Kentucky).
Full Bill Text
119 S1293 IS: No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-04-03 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. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1293 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 A BILL To require the approval of Congress for the President to impose duties on the importation of articles into the United States. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025 . 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: 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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