119-s348

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 348 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 348

 To limit the authority of the President to impose new or additional 
duties with respect to articles imported from countries that are allies 
 or free trade agreement partners of the United States.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 30, 2025

 Mr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To limit the authority of the President to impose new or additional 
duties with respect to articles imported from countries that are allies 
 or free trade agreement partners of the United States.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Tariffs on Allies and 
Bolstering Legislative Exercise of Trade Policy Act'' or the ``STABLE 
Trade Policy Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO IMPOSE DUTIES ON 
 ALLIES AND FREE TRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERS OF THE UNITED 
 STATES.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Covered country.--The term ``covered country'' means--
        (A) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 
 Organization;
        (B) a country that has been designated as a major 
 non-NATO ally under 

section 517 of the Foreign 
 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k); or
            (C) a country that has in effect a free trade 
 agreement with the United States.

    (2) Covered duty.--The term ``covered duty'' means a duty 
 proclaimed pursuant to--
        (A) section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 
 (19 U.S.C. 1862);
        (B) section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
 U.S.C. 1338);
            (C) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 
 et seq.); or
            (D) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

    (b) Authority To Proclaim or Increase Duty Rates.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President may proclaim a new or 
additional covered duty with respect to an article imported into the 
United States from a covered country, only if--

    (1) the President submits to Congress a request for 
 authorization to proclaim or increase the duty that includes--
        (A) a description of the objective the President 
 seeks to achieve through the proclamation or increase 
 of the duty;
        (B) an explanation of why such objective cannot be 
 achieved more effectively through diplomatic 
 engagement, trade dispute resolution processes, or 
 other mechanisms;
            (C) an assessment of the likely impact of the duty 
 on the foreign policy and national security interests 
 of the United States; and
            (D) an assessment of the likely impact of the 
 proposal on the economy of the United States as a whole 
 and on any relevant industry sector; and

    (2) a joint resolution of approval under subsection
            (c) is 
 enacted into law.
            (c) Joint Resolution of Approval.--

    (1) Joint resolution of approval defined.--In this 
 subsection, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means a 
 joint resolution the sole matter after the resolving clause of 
 which is as follows: ``That Congress authorizes the President 
 to proclaim duty rates as set forth in the request of the 
 President submitted to Congress on ___________'', with the 
 blank space being filled with the date of the request submitted 
 under subsection

    (b)

    (1) .

    (2) Introduction.--A joint resolution of approval may be 
 introduced in either House of Congress by any Member during the 
 15-legislative day period beginning on the date on which the 
 President submits to Congress the request under subsection

    (b)

    (1) .

    (3) 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 to the 
 same extent that such subsections apply to joint resolutions 
 under such 

section 152.

    (4) Rules of the senate and the house of representatives.--
 This subsection is enacted by Congress--
        (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
 Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, 
 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 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
        (B) 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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