H.R. 407

Summary

H.R. 407, the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 15, 2025 by Rep. Suzan DelBene (D) with 75 co-sponsors. It was referred to Foreign Affairs, and last saw action on Jan 15, 2025: 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 407 has 75 co-sponsors.

119 HR 407 IH: Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-15
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 407  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 15, 2025   Ms. DelBene  (for herself,  Mr. Beyer ,  Mr. Panetta ,  Mr. Schneider ,  Ms. Chu ,  Mr. Larson of Connecticut ,  Ms. Sewell ,  Mr. Horsford ,  Ms. Salinas ,  Mr. Larsen of Washington , and  Mr. Kennedy of New York ) 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   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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Prevent Tariff Abuse Act  .
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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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D) sponsors H.R. 407, and 75 members have co-sponsored it, 10 of them from the day it was introduced.

Suzan DelBene

Rep. · D–WA-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 15, 2025

Don Beyer

Rep. · D–VA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Judy Chu

Rep. · D–CA-28 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Steven Horsford

Rep. · D–NV-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Timothy Kennedy

Rep. · D–NY-26 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Rick Larsen

Rep. · D–WA-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

John Larson

Rep. · D–CT-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Jimmy Panetta

Rep. · D–CA-19 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Andrea Salinas

Rep. · D–OR-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

Bradley Schneider

Rep. · D–IL-10 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 15, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 407 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Jan 15, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Referred To · Jan 15, 2025 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 407 has taken 2 actions since Jan 15, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 407 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 407 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Prevent Tariff Abuse Act — Display Title
• To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. — Official Title as Introduced
• Prevent Tariff Abuse Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

5 clients hired 5 firms and 30 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 407 in 21 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Trade (domestic/foreign), Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Transportation.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 30.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 407 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 407’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 407 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents to Trade restrictions.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 407, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DelBENE:H.R. 407.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H186]

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