Summary

Limits the President’s ability to impose or raise certain import tariffs that could raise U.S. food prices unless two conditions are met: the President first sends Congress a written request explaining objectives, why non‑tariff measures are insufficient, and the expected effects on the U.S. agricultural economy, and then Congress passes a joint resolution approving the action. The restriction applies only to tariffs imposed under specific national‑security and emergency trade authorities and only for the five foreign buyers that import the largest volume of U.S. agricultural goods in the prior fiscal year (counting the EU as one).

• Prevents the President from imposing or increasing certain import duties on top five agricultural trading partners without Congress’s approval.
• Requires the President to submit a written request explaining objectives, why non‑tariff measures are insufficient, and the expected agricultural economic impacts.
• Congress must pass a joint resolution of approval within an expedited 15‑legislative‑day window for the tariff to take effect.
• Applies only to proclamations made under specified national‑security and emergency trade statutes and only for the five countries importing the most U.S. agricultural goods (EU counted as one).
• Expedited congressional procedures for review are made binding as House and Senate procedural rules for these resolutions.
• Does not create new spending, programs, or an explicit effective date; it is a procedural constraint on executive authority.
• Shifts authority on certain emergency or national‑security tariff actions from unilateral presidential action to a congressional approval model.