I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5760 
To provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other 
trade measures by the executive branch, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2018 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. DENT) 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To provide for congressional review of the imposition of 
duties and other trade measures by the executive branch, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Trade Authority Pro-
tection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW OF CONGRESSIONALLY DELEGATED TRADE 
ACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 155. REVIEW OF CONGRESSIONALLY DELEGATED 
TRADE ACTIONS. 
‘‘(a) CONGRESSIONALLY DELEGATED TRADE ACTION 
DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘congressionally delegated trade action’ means any of 
the following actions taken with respect to the im-
portation of an article pursuant to a provision of law 
specified in paragraph (2): 
‘‘(A) A prohibition on importation of the 
article. 
‘‘(B) The imposition of or an increase in a 
duty applicable to the article. 
‘‘(C) The imposition or tightening of a tar-
iff-rate quota applicable to the article. 
‘‘(D) The imposition or tightening of a 
quantitative restriction on the importation of 
the article. 
‘‘(E) The suspension, withdrawal, or pre-
vention of the application of trade agreement 
concessions with respect to the article. 
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‘‘(F) Any other restriction on importation 
of the article. 
‘‘(2) PROVISIONS
OF
LAW
SPECIFIED.—The 
provisions of law specified in this paragraph are the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Section 122. 
‘‘(B) Title III. 
‘‘(C) Sections 406, 421, and 422. 
‘‘(D) Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1338). 
‘‘(E) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 
Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862). 
‘‘(F) Section 103(a) of the Bipartisan Con-
gressional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4202(a)). 
‘‘(G) The Trading with the Enemy Act (50 
U.S.C. 4301 et seq.). 
‘‘(H) The International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 
‘‘(I) Any provision of law enacted to imple-
ment a trade agreement to which the United 
States is a party. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
TO HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE.—A technical 
correction to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
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