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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 151
To exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY17, 2025
Mrs. S
HAHEEN(for herself, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. KAINE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate
quotas from the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Americans 4
from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025’’. 5
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•S 151 IS
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE DUTIES AND 1
TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS FROM INTER-2
NATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS 3
ACT. 4
Section 203 of the International Emergency Eco-5
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 6
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-7
section (d); and 8
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-9
lowing: 10
‘‘(c)(1) The authority granted to the President by 11
this section does not include the authority to impose or 12
increase a duty, or to impose a tariff-rate quota, on an 13
article entering the United States. 14
‘‘(2) The limitation under paragraph (1) does not 15
prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all 16
of a certain type of article, imported from a country from 17
entering the United States.’’. 18
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