Trade Review Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1272 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1272

To provide for notification to, and review by, Congress with respect to 
                       the imposition of duties.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 3, 2025

Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. 
 Murkowski, Mr. Warner, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Bennet) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for notification to, and review by, Congress with respect to 
                       the imposition of duties.

    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 ``Trade Review Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF IMPOSITION OF DUTIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 5 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 155. REVIEW OF IMPOSITION OF DUTIES.

    ``(a) Notification Requirement.--Not later than 48 hours after 
imposing or increasing a duty with respect to an article imported into 
the United States, the President shall submit to Congress a 
notification of the imposition of or increase in the duty that 
includes--
            ``(1) an explanation of the reasoning for imposing or 
        increasing the duty; and
            ``(2) an assessment of the potential impact of imposing or 
        increasing the duty on United States businesses and consumers.
    ``(b) Expiration of Duties; Extension by Congress.--Any duty on an 
article imported into the United States shall remain in effect for a 
period of not more than 60 days, unless there is enacted into law a 
joint resolution of approval with respect to the duty under subsection 
(e).
    ``(c) Disapproval by Congress.--If a joint resolution of 
disapproval with respect to a duty is enacted into law under subsection 
(e), the duty shall cease to have force or effect.
    ``(d) Exclusion of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties.--This 
section does not apply with respect to antidumping and countervailing 
duties imposed under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.).
    ``(e) Joint Resolutions.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this section:
                    ``(A) Joint resolution of approval.--The term 
                `joint resolution of approval' means a joint resolution 
                the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is 
                as follows: `That Congress approves the duty imposed 
                with respect to ___, notice of which was submitted to 
                Congress on ______.', with the first blank space being 
                filled with a description of the article and the second 
                blank space being filled with the date of the 
                notification under subsection (a).
                    ``(B) Joint resolution of disapproval.--The term 
                `joint resolution of disapproval' means a joint 
                resolution the sole matter after the resolving clause 
                of which is as follows: `That Congress disapproves the 
                duty imposed with respect to ___, notice of which was 
                submitted to Congress on ______.', with the first blank 
                space being filled with a description of the article 
                and the second blank space being filled with the date 
                of the notification under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Introduction.--
                    ``(A) Joint resolution of approval.--A joint 
                resolution of approval may be introduced in either 
                House of Congress by any Member during the 60-day 
                period described in subsection (b).
                    ``(B) Joint resolution of disapproval.--A joint 
                resolution of disapproval may be introduced in either 
                House of Congress by any Member at any time after the 
                submission of a notification under subsection (a).
            ``(3) Expedited procedures.--The provisions of subsections 
        (b) through (f) of section 152 (19 U.S.C. 2192) apply to a 
        joint resolution of approval or joint resolution of disapproval 
        to the same extent that such subsections apply to joint 
        resolutions under section 152.
            ``(4) Rules of the senate and the house of 
        representatives.--This subsection is enacted by Congress--
                    ``(A) 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
                    ``(B) 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.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Trade Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 154 the 
following:

``Sec. 155. Review of imposition of duties.''.
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