Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 31, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
This bill requires congressional approval for a presidential import adjustment due to a national security threat from an import related to military equipment, energy resources, or critical infrastructure essential to national security. Specifically, the bill requires the President to submit a proposal to Congress, which Congress may approve by a joint resolution. Under current law, the President determines whether any adjustment of an import is necessary and must submit to Congress the reasons for any action taken or not taken.
The Department of Defense (currently, the Department of Commerce) must investigate the effect of these imports on national security.
The bill retroactively applies to any proposed action made four years before enactment of this bill. In general, any rate of duty modification occurring in the time period beginning four years before and ending the day before enactment of this bill must revert to the previous rate unless it receives congressional approval.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2019 to Sep 20, 2019; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-IL | Darin LaHood | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-TX | Ron Wright | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Jan 31, 2019 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Feb 4, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Feb 6, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | May 16, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | May 22, 2019 | |
| I-MI | Justin Amash | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 20, 2019 |
Withdrew 1 Joe Wilson R-SC Feb 13, 2019
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2019 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jan 31, 2019 | |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2019Referred 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.
- Jan 31, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 20, January 31, 2019, page H1342.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45249 | Section 232 Investigations: Overview and Issues for Congress Archived | Report | May 18, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 287 | Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jan 31, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to impose limitations on the authority of the President to adjust imports that are determined to threaten to impair national security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Congressional oversight
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government studies and investigations
- Infrastructure development
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Tariffs
- Trade restrictions
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
