S. 1293

119 S1293 IS: No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-04-03
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1293  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 3, 2025   Mr. Paul  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To require the approval of Congress for the President to impose duties on the importation of articles into the United States.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025  .
2.
Congressional approval required for imposition of duties
(a)
In general
Chapter 5 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2191 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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—
(1)
the President submits to Congress a proposal to impose the duty that includes a rationale for imposing the duty; and
(2)
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:
(1)
This Act.
(2)
The Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1301 et seq. ).
(3)
The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ( 19 U.S.C. 1862 et seq. ).
(4)
The Trading with the Enemy Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. ).
(5)
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ).
(6)
Any provision of law enacted to implement a trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
(7)
Any provision of a trade agreement to which the United States is a party.
(8)
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.
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(b)
Clerical amendment
The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 154 the following:
Sec. 155. Congressional approval required for imposition of duties.
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