Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2888 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2888

To terminate certain tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency authorities 
   and require congressional approval for the imposition of similar 
                    tariffs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

   Ms. Sanchez (for herself, Mr. Neal, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Thompson of 
   California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. 
  Sewell, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Boyle of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
  Panetta, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Suozzi, and Mr. 
    Gray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
To terminate certain tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency authorities 
   and require congressional approval for the imposition of similar 
                    tariffs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping a Rogue President on Trade 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS IMPOSING TARIFFS.

    Duties imposed by the following Executive orders, and any successor 
or substantially similar Executive orders, shall have no force or 
effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act:
            (1) Executive Order 14257 (90 Fed. Reg. 15041).
            (2) Executive Order 14193 (90 Fed. Reg. 9113).
            (3) Executive Order 14194 (90 Fed. Reg. 9117).

SEC. 3. APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR IMPOSITION OF DUTIES, QUOTAS, OR TARIFF 
              RATE QUOTAS OR SUSPENSION, WITHDRAWAL, OR PREVENTION OF 
              THE APPLICATION OF TRADE AGREEMENT CONCESSIONS.

    (a) Congressional Approval Required.--Except as provided by 
subsection (b), the President may not impose or increase a duty, quota, 
or tariff-rate quota with respect to an article imported into the 
United States or suspend, withdraw, or prevent the application of trade 
agreement concessions with respect to an article unless there is 
enacted into law a joint resolution of approval with respect to the 
duty, quota, tariff-rate quota, or concession.
    (b) Exclusions.--The requirement under subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to--
            (1) antidumping and countervailing duties imposed under 
        title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.);
            (2) duties, quotas, and tariff-rate quotas imposed under 
        chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 
        et seq.);
            (3) duties imposed consistent with a ruling authorizing the 
        suspension of benefits or concessions on the part of the United 
        States issued by--
                    (A) a dispute settlement panel constituted under a 
                bilateral or plurilateral free trade agreement for 
                which explicit congressional approval pursuant to the 
                requirements of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 
                (19 U.S.C. 2191) has been enacted before the date of 
                the enactment of this Act, before which the United 
                States is a party; or
                    (B) a dispute settlement panel described in section 
                123 of the Uruguay Rounds Agreement Act (19 U.S.C. 
                3533) before which the United States is a party.

SEC. 4. JOINT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.

    (a) Joint Resolution of Approval Defined.--For purposes of this 
Act, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means only a joint 
resolution, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as 
follows: ``That Congress approves ___ imposed with respect to ___.'', 
with the first blank space being filled with a description of the 
proposed action with respect to the article and the second blank space 
being filled with a description of the article.
    (b) Introduction of Joint Resolution of Approval.--A joint 
resolution of approval may be introduced in either House of Congress by 
any Member.
    (c) Expedited Procedures.--The provisions of subsections (b) 
through (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) 
apply to a joint resolution of approval described in subsection (a) to 
the same extent that such subsections apply to joint resolutions under 
such section 152.
    (d) Rules of the Senate and the House of Representatives.--This 
section is enacted by Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a joint resolution of approval, and 
        supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
        inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
        House.
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