HR 7983 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Stop Executive Overreach on Trade Agreements

Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 726.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 15, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Executive Overreach on Trade Agreements

This bill defines free trade agreement for purposes of the clean vehicle tax credit. A free trade agreement is an international agreement approved by Congress that eliminates duties and other restrictive regulations of commerce on substantially all the trade between the United States and one or more other countries.   

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Apr 15, 2024Markup Apr 17, 2024Reported Dec 17, 2024

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-889.
  2. Dec 17, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 726.
  3. Apr 17, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. Apr 17, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 16.
  5. Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House
  6. Apr 15, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Jun 3, 2024H.R. 7983, Stop Executive Overreach on Trade AgreementsAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 17, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: Defining the term ``free trade agreement'' for purposes of the Inflation Reduction Act.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 64, April 15, 2024, page H2397.

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
IF12517U.S.-Japan Critical Minerals AgreementResourceNov 4, 2026
IF11120U.S.-Japan Trade Agreements and Tariff NegotiationsResourceSep 22, 2026

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to define the term free trade agreement for purposes of the clean vehicle credit.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Stop Executive Overreach on Trade Agreements
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Stop Executive Overreach on Trade Agreements

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Reported in House
  2. Apr 15, 2024Introduced in House

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