I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2888 
To terminate certain tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency authorities and 
require congressional approval for the imposition of similar tariffs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2025 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ (for herself, Mr. NEAL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. SEWELL, 
Ms. DELBENE, Ms. CHU, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. BEYER, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. SUOZZI, and 
Mr. GRAY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 terminate certain tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency 
authorities and require congressional approval for the 
imposition of similar tariffs, 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 ‘‘Stopping a Rogue 
President on Trade Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS IM-
POSING TARIFFS. 
Duties imposed by the following Executive orders, 
and any successor or substantially similar Executive or-
ders, shall have no force or effect on and after the date 
of the enactment of this Act: 
(1) Executive Order 14257 (90 Fed. Reg. 
15041). 
(2) Executive Order 14193 (90 Fed. Reg. 
9113). 
(3) Executive Order 14194 (90 Fed. Reg. 
9117). 
SEC. 3. APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR IMPOSITION OF DUTIES, 
QUOTAS, OR TARIFF RATE QUOTAS OR SUS-
PENSION, WITHDRAWAL, OR PREVENTION OF 
THE APPLICATION OF TRADE AGREEMENT 
CONCESSIONS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL REQUIRED.—Except 
as provided by subsection (b), the President may not im-
pose or increase a duty, quota, or tariff-rate quota with 
respect to an article imported into the United States or 
suspend, withdraw, or prevent the application of trade 
agreement concessions with respect to an article unless 
there is enacted into law a joint resolution of approval with 
respect to the duty, quota, tariff-rate quota, or concession. 
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(b) EXCLUSIONS.—The requirement under sub-
section (a) shall not apply with respect to— 
(1) antidumping and countervailing duties im-
posed under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.); 
(2) duties, quotas, and tariff-rate quotas im-
posed under chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.); 
(3) duties imposed consistent with a ruling au-
thorizing the suspension of benefits or concessions 
on the part of the United States issued by— 
(A) a dispute settlement panel constituted 
under a bilateral or plurilateral free trade 
agreement for which explicit congressional ap-
proval pursuant to the requirements of section 
151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) 
has been enacted before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, before which the United 
States is a party; or 
(B) a dispute settlement panel described in 
section 123 of the Uruguay Rounds Agreement 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3533) before which the United 
States is a party. 
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SEC. 4. JOINT RESOLUTION PROCEDURES. 
(a) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘joint resolution of ap-
proval’’ means only a joint resolution, the sole matter after 
the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress 
approves lll imposed with respect to lll.’’, with 
the first blank space being filled with a description of the 
proposed action with respect to the article and the second 
blank space being filled with a description of the article. 
(b) INTRODUCTION OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF AP-
PROVAL.—A joint resolution of approval may be intro-
duced in either House of Congress by any Member. 
(c) 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 described in subsection (a) to the same extent 
that such subsections apply to joint resolutions under such 
section 152. 
(d) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES.—This section is enacted by Con-
gress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
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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 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
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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