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Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025 This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose or increase duties or impose tariff-rate quotas on imports entering the United States. However, this limitation 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. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)
Action Timeline
2025-01-17
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2025-01-17
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.151 pass?
S.151 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 50%.
What does S.151 do?
Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025 This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose or increase duties or impose tariff-rate quotas on imports entering the United States. However, this limitation 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. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national em…
Who sponsored S.151?
S.151 was sponsored by Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire).
Full Bill Text
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. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 151 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2025 Mrs. 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 Affairs A BILL To exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025 . 2. 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. .
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