S. 1293

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To require the approval of Congress for the President to impose duties on the importation of articles into the United States.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · April 3, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Paul · Committee: Committee on Finance

Table of contents

• S. 1293
  • Sec. 155. Congressional approval required for imposition of duties.

Sec. 155. Congressional approval required for imposition of duties.

• (a) In general
  • On and after the date of the enactment of this section, the President may impose a duty on the importation of articles into the United States under any provision of law, including a provision of law specified in subsection (b), only if—
    • the President submits to Congress a proposal to impose the duty that includes a rationale for imposing the duty; and
    • there is enacted into law a joint resolution approving the imposition of the duty.
• (b) Provisions of law specified
  • The provisions of law specified in this subsection are the following:
    • This Act.
    • The Tariff Act of 1930 (). 19 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.
    • The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (). 19 U.S.C. 1862 et seq.
    • The Trading with the Enemy Act (). 50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.
    • The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (). 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.
    • Any provision of law enacted to implement a trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
    • Any provision of a trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
    • Any other provision of the customs and trade laws of the United States (as defined in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ()). 19 U.S.C. 4301
• (c) Treatment of embargoes
  • Subsection (a) does not apply to the exclusion of all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States.