[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10181 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10181

    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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2024

  Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Larson of 
   Connecticut, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Chu, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Schneider, Mr. 
  Kildee, and Mr. Horsford) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the 
authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency 
                          Economic Powers Act.

    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 ``Prevent Tariff Abuse Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE IMPOSITION OF IMPORT DUTIES AND QUOTAS FROM 
              PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITIES 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, tariff-rate quotas, or 
other quotas on articles entering the United States.''.
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