Reclaim Trade Powers Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reclaim Trade Powers Act
This bill repeals the statute that directs the President to take certain actions, such as imposing a tariff of up to 15% for up to 150 days on articles imported into the United States, when necessary to address large and serious U.S. balance-of-payments deficits or certain other situations that present fundamental international payments problems.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Feb 26, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Mar 27, 2026 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 27, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2025Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 56, March 27, 2025, page H1339.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate the authority to impose certain import surcharges to address balance of payments deficits, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Reclaim Trade Powers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced 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.
