Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
Latest action · Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
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 15, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose duties, tariff-rate quotas, or other quotas on imports entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)
Cosponsors 75
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2025 to Sep 1, 2026, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Original | Jan 15, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 4, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2025Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
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- Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House
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