No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025

This bill would require Congress to approve any new taxes on imported goods before the President can put them in place. The President would have to send Congress a proposal explaining why the tax is needed, and it could only take effect if Congress passes a separate approval law. This rule would apply to actions under major trade and emergency laws and trade agreements. It would not apply to full embargoes that block all products from a country or all of a certain type of product.

• What changes: The President may impose an import duty only after sending a proposal to Congress and getting a joint resolution signed into law approving it.
• Where it applies: Duties under laws like the Tariff Act of 1930, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, trade agreements, and other customs and trade laws.
• When: Starting on and after the date this becomes law.
• What’s not covered: Embargoes that fully block imports from a country or of a certain type of product.