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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2842
5	5	To limit the authority of the President to impose new or additional duties
6	6	with respect to articles imported from countries that are major agricul-
7	7	tural trade partners with the United States.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL10, 2025
10	10	Mr. G
11	11	RAYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
12	12	on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a
13	13	period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
14	14	consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
15	15	mittee concerned
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To limit the authority of the President to impose new or
18	18	additional duties with respect to articles imported from
19	19	countries that are major agricultural trade partners with
20	20	the United States.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Raising Prices 4
25	25	on Food Act’’. 5
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29	29	SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO 1
30	30	IMPOSE DUTIES ON AGRICULTURAL TRADING 2
31	31	PARTNERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 3
32	32	(a) D
33	33	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
34	34	(1) C
35	35	OVERED COUNTRY.— 5
36	36	(A) I
37	37	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 6
38	38	country’’ means a country that is one of the 5 7
39	39	countries with the highest volume of United 8
40	40	States agricultural goods imported into the 9
41	41	country in the preceding fiscal year, as deter-10
42	42	mined by the President. 11
43	43	(B) EU
44	44	COUNTRIES.—For purposes of 12
45	45	subparagraph (A), the European Union and its 13
46	46	member countries shall be treated a single 14
47	47	country. 15
48	48	(2) C
49	49	OVERED DUTY.—The term ‘‘covered duty’’ 16
50	50	means a duty proclaimed pursuant to— 17
51	51	(A) section 232 of the Trade Expansion 18
52	52	Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862); 19
53	53	(B) section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 20
54	54	(19 U.S.C. 1338); 21
55	55	(C) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 22
56	56	U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); or 23
57	57	(D) the International Emergency Eco-24
58	58	nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 25
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62	62	(b) AUTHORITYTOPROCLAIM ORINCREASEDUTY 1
63	63	R
64	64	ATES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 2
65	65	President may proclaim a new or additional covered duty 3
66	66	with respect to an article imported into the United States 4
67	67	from a covered country, only if— 5
68	68	(1) the President submits to Congress a request 6
69	69	for authorization to proclaim or increase the duty 7
70	70	that includes— 8
71	71	(A) a description of the objective the Presi-9
72	72	dent seeks to achieve through proclamation or 10
73	73	increase of the duty; 11
74	74	(B) an explanation of why such objective 12
75	75	cannot be achieved more effectively through 13
76	76	diplomatic engagement, trade dispute resolution 14
77	77	processes, or other mechanisms; and 15
78	78	(C) an assessment of the likely impact of 16
79	79	the proposal on the United States agricultural 17
80	80	economy; and 18
81	81	(2) a joint resolution of approval under sub-19
82	82	section (c) is enacted into law. 20
83	83	(c) J
84	84	OINTRESOLUTION OFAPPROVAL.— 21
85	85	(1) J
86	86	OINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL DE -22
87	87	FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu-23
88	88	tion of approval’’ means a joint resolution the sole 24
89	89	matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-25
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93	93	lows: ‘‘That Congress authorizes the President to 1
94	94	proclaim duty rates as set forth in the request of the 2
95	95	President submitted to Congress on 3
96	96	llllllllllllllll ’’, with the 4
97	97	blank space being filled with the date of the request 5
98	98	submitted under subsection (b)(1). 6
99	99	(2) I
100	100	NTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution of ap-7
101	101	proval may be introduced in either House of Con-8
102	102	gress by any Member during the 15-legislative day 9
103	103	period beginning on the date on which the President 10
104	104	submits to Congress the request under subsection 11
105	105	(b)(1). 12
106	106	(3) E
107	107	XPEDITED PROCEDURES .—The provisions 13
108	108	of subsections (b) through (f) of section 152 of the 14
109	109	Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) apply to a joint 15
110	110	resolution of approval to the same extent that such 16
111	111	subsections apply to joint resolutions under such 17
112	112	section 152. 18
113	113	(4) R
114	114	ULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE 19
115	115	OF REPRESENTATIVES .—This subsection is enacted 20
116	116	by Congress— 21
117	117	(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 22
118	118	of the Senate and the House of Representa-23
119	119	tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 24
120	120	of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap-25
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124	124	plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 1
125	125	followed in that House in the case of a joint 2
126	126	resolution of approval, and supersedes other 3
127	127	rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 4
128	128	with such rules; and 5
129	129	(B) with full recognition of the constitu-6
130	130	tional right of either House to change the rules 7
131	131	(so far as relating to the procedure of that 8
132	132	House) at any time, in the same manner, and 9
133	133	to the same extent as in the case of any other 10
134	134	rule of that House. 11
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