Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
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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.)
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.
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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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