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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2842 
To limit the authority of the President to impose new or additional duties 
with respect to articles imported from countries that are major agricul-
tural trade partners with the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2025 
Mr. GRAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the authority of the President to impose new or 
additional duties with respect to articles imported from 
countries that are major agricultural trade partners with 
the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Raising Prices 
on Food Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO 
IMPOSE DUTIES ON AGRICULTURAL TRADING 
PARTNERS OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED COUNTRY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means a country that is one of the 5 
countries with the highest volume of United 
States agricultural goods imported into the 
country in the preceding fiscal year, as deter-
mined by the President. 
(B) EU COUNTRIES.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the European Union and its 
member countries shall be treated a single 
country. 
(2) COVERED DUTY.—The term ‘‘covered duty’’ 
means a duty proclaimed pursuant to— 
(A) section 232 of the Trade Expansion 
Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862); 
(B) section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1338); 
(C) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 
U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); or 
(D) the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
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(b) AUTHORITY TO PROCLAIM OR INCREASE DUTY 
RATES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may proclaim a new or additional covered duty 
with respect to an article imported into the United States 
from a covered country, only if— 
(1) the President submits to Congress a request 
for authorization to proclaim or increase the duty 
that includes— 
(A) a description of the objective the Presi-
dent seeks to achieve through proclamation or 
increase of the duty; 
(B) an explanation of why such objective 
cannot be achieved more effectively through 
diplomatic engagement, trade dispute resolution 
processes, or other mechanisms; and 
(C) an assessment of the likely impact of 
the proposal on the United States agricultural 
economy; and 
(2) a joint resolution of approval under sub-
section (c) is enacted into law. 
(c) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.— 
(1) JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
APPROVAL
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu-
tion of approval’’ means a joint resolution the sole 
matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-
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lows: ‘‘That Congress authorizes the President to 
proclaim duty rates as set forth in the request of the 
President 
submitted 
to 
Congress 
on 
llllllllllllllll’’, 
with 
the 
blank space being filled with the date of the request 
submitted under subsection (b)(1). 
(2) INTRODUCTION.—A joint resolution of ap-
proval may be introduced in either House of Con-
gress by any Member during the 15-legislative day 
period beginning on the date on which the President 
submits to Congress the request under subsection 
(b)(1). 
(3) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—The provisions 
of subsections (b) through (f) of section 152 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) apply to a joint 
resolution of approval to the same extent that such 
subsections apply to joint resolutions under such 
section 152. 
(4) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES.—This subsection is enacted 
by Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, respectively, and as such is deemed a part 
of the rules of each House, respectively, but ap-
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plicable only with respect to the procedure to be 
followed in that House in the case of a joint 
resolution of approval, and supersedes other 
rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 
with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
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