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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2712 
To limit the authority of the President to modify duty rates for national 
security reasons and to limit the authority of the United States Trade 
Representative to impose certain duties or import restrictions, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2025 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER 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 committee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the authority of the President to modify duty rates 
for national security reasons and to limit the authority 
of the United States Trade Representative to impose 
certain duties or import restrictions, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Reclaiming Congres-
sional Trade Authority Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO 
MODIFY DUTY RATES FOR NATIONAL SECU-
RITY REASONS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY DUTY RATES FOR NA-
TIONAL SECURITY REASONS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and except as provided in subsection (c), 
the President may proclaim a new or additional national 
security duty on an article imported into the United States 
only if— 
(1) the President, not later than 30 calendar 
days after making the national security determina-
tion that is the basis for the new or additional duty, 
submits to the International Trade Commission the 
duty proposal, including— 
(A) a description of each article for which 
the President recommends a new or additional 
duty; 
(B) the proposed new or additional duty 
rate; and 
(C) the proposed duration of that rate; 
(2) the President, not later than 15 calendar 
days after submitting the duty proposal under para-
graph (1), submits to Congress a request for author-
ization to modify duty rates in accordance with that 
duty proposal, including— 
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(A) a report by the Secretary of Defense 
explaining why the proposal is in the interest of 
national security; and 
(B) a report by the International Trade 
Commission assessing the likely impact of the 
proposal on the economy of the United States 
as a whole and specific industry sectors; 
(3) the President consults with the Committee 
on Finance and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives regarding the duty proposal 
under paragraph (1), including— 
(A) the short-term and long-term goals of 
the proposal; 
(B) an action plan to achieve those goals; 
and 
(C) plans to consult with officials of coun-
tries impacted by the proposal to resolve any 
issues relating to the proposal; and 
(4) a joint resolution of approval under sub-
section (b) is enacted. 
(b) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.— 
(1) JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF
APPROVAL
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolu-
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