118th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
November 20, 2024
Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Chu, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Horsford) introduced the following bill; which was 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
To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Prevent Tariff Abuse Act”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition on the imposition of import duties and quotas from presidential authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
“(c) The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to impose duties, tariff-rate quotas, or other quotas on articles entering the United States.”.