To prohibit the imposition of duties on the importation of goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Bill: 116-hr-3557
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Tariffs

War and emergency powers
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill limits the President's authority to use emergency economic powers to impose duties on items entering the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3557 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2019 Ms. DelBene introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , 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 prohibit the imposition of duties on the importation of goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

1. Prohibition on imposition of duties on the importation of goods under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1702 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to impose duties on the importation of goods. .