STABLE Trade Policy Act
Latest action · Jan 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 30, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stopping Tariffs on Allies and Bolstering Legislative Exercise of Trade Policy Act or the STABLE Trade Policy Act
This bill requires the President to receive congressional approval in order to proclaim or increase the rates of duty (i.e., tariffs) on articles imported into the United States from covered countries. Under the bill, a covered country is (1) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), (2) a country that has been designated as a major non-NATO ally under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (e.g., Australia, Israel, and Japan), or (3) a country that has in effect a free trade agreement with the United States.
Specifically, the President may proclaim a new or additional covered duty (e.g., a duty proclaimed pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962) on an article imported into the United States from a covered country only if (1) the President submits to Congress a request for authorization to proclaim or increase the duty and the request contains specified information, such as a description of the objective the President seeks to achieve with the action and an assessment of the likely impact on the U.S. economy; and (2) a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 30, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Jan 30, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1435, S1436 | Christopher A. Coons D-DE, Mike Crapo R-ID | Feb 27, 2025 |
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.
CRS reports 8
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 8
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49349 | U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Imports: Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 | Report | Nov 2, 2026 |
| IF11120 | U.S.-Japan Trade Agreements and Tariff Negotiations | Resource | Sep 22, 2026 |
| IN12519 | Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum | Insight | May 18, 2026 |
| IN12614 | Section 232 National Security Tariffs on Copper Imports | Insight | Apr 23, 2026 |
| R48435 | Congressional and Presidential Authority to Impose Import Tariffs | Report | Mar 19, 2026 |
| R48875 | U.S.-Australia Relations: Background and Issues for Congress | Report | Feb 27, 2026 |
| IN12608 | U.S. Tariffs and the 2025 U.S.-Japan Framework Agreement | Insight | Jan 30, 2026 |
| IN12645 | U.S. Tariff and Trade Framework Agreements with Europe: Outlook and Issues for Congress | Insight | Jan 29, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to limit the authority of the President to impose new or additional duties with respect to articles imported from countries that are allies or free trade agreement partners of the United States.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STABLE Trade Policy Act
- Stopping Tariffs on Allies and Bolstering Legislative Exercise of Trade Policy 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 30, 2025Introduced in Senate
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.
