Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
Official title: To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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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.
Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose duties, tariff-rate quotas, or other quotas on imports entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)
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- NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
- ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
- FEDEX CORPORATION
- NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
- ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
- FEDEX CORPORATION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- White House Office
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Treasury, Dept of
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 407: Prevent Tariff Abuse Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-407/
"H.R. 407: Prevent Tariff Abuse Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-407/.
H.R. 407, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-407/.
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