Reclaim Trade Powers Act
Official title: To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to eliminate the authority to impose certain import surcharges to address balance of payments deficits, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Reclaim Trade Powers Act
This bill repeals the statute that directs the President to take certain actions, such as imposing a tariff of up to 15% for up to 150 days on articles imported into the United States, when necessary to address large and serious U.S. balance-of-payments deficits or certain other situations that present fundamental international payments problems.
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- NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
- SCONSET STRATEGIES, LLC
- AIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, AND REFRIGERATION INSTITUTE
- SCONSET STRATEGIES, LLC
- NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
- AIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, AND REFRIGERATION INSTITUTE
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Treasury, Dept of
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Energy, Dept of
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2459: Reclaim Trade Powers Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2459/
"H.R. 2459: Reclaim Trade Powers Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2459/.
H.R. 2459, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2459/.
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