United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee 5 D cosponsors

S 151 — Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025

Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 24% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (5 D).

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In plain language

The bill limits the President's power to impose import duties and tariff-rate quotas.

This legislation prevents the President from using certain emergency powers to increase tariffs or duties on imports. However, it still allows for exclusions of specific articles from entering the U.S.

Summary

Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose or increase duties or impose tariff-rate quotas on imports entering the United States. However, this limitation does not prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill excludes the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

  • 50 U.S.C. § 1702

    (c)(1) The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to impose or increase a duty, or to impose a tariff-rate quota, on an article entering the United States.

    This addition explicitly prevents the President from using the Act to impose duties or tariff-rate quotas.

  • 50 U.S.C. § 1702

    (2) The limitation under paragraph (1) does not prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States.

    This clarifies that the President still retains the ability to exclude specific articles from entering the U.S. despite the limitation on duties and tariffs.

  • 50 U.S.C. § 1702

    subsection (c) → subsection (d)

    This change redesignates the existing subsection (c) as subsection (d) to accommodate the insertion of the new subsection.

Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 542 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (542)

542 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 151 do?
Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose or increase duties or impose tariff-rate quotas on imports entering the United States. However, this limitation does not prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)
Who sponsors S 151?
S 151 is sponsored by Shaheen, Jeanne (Democratic), Wyden, Ron (Democratic), Kaine, Tim (Democratic), Welch, Peter (Democratic), and Alsobrooks, Angela D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of S 151?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced January 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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