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; 10 are original cosponsors, there from 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 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Apr 9, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Mar 19, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Sep 1, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 15, 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.
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. 8, January 15, 2025, page H186.
CRS reports 7
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 7
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF11120 | U.S.-Japan Trade Agreements and Tariff Negotiations | Resource | Sep 22, 2026 |
| IF11123 | U.S.-UK Trade Relations: Background and Selected Issues | Resource | Jul 24, 2026 |
| R49037 | U.S.-UK Trade Relations: In Brief | Report | Jul 17, 2026 |
| R48435 | Congressional and Presidential Authority to Impose Import Tariffs | Report | Mar 19, 2026 |
| R45618 | The International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Origins, Evolution, and Use | Report | Sep 1, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Prevent Tariff Abuse 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.
- Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House
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