Prevent Tariff Abuse Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 407 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 407

    To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the 
authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency 
                          Economic Powers Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2025

 Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schneider, Ms. 
Chu, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Salinas, 
 Mr. Larsen of Washington, and Mr. Kennedy of New York) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    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.''.
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