S. 151

Summary

S. 151, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 17, 2025 by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, and last saw action on Jan 17, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 151 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 S151 IS: Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-17
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 151  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 17, 2025   Mrs. Shaheen  (for herself,  Mr. Wyden , and  Mr. Kaine ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs    A BILL
To exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025  .
2.
Exclusion of authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from 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)
(1)
The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to impose or increase a duty, or to impose a tariff-rate quota, on an article entering the United States.
(2)
The limitation under paragraph (1) does not prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States.
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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) sponsors S. 151, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Jeanne Shaheen

Sen. · D–NH · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025

Tim Kaine

Sen. · D–VA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 17, 2025 · Original

Ron Wyden

Sen. · D–OR · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 17, 2025 · Original

Peter Welch

Sen. · D–VT · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2025

Angela Alsobrooks

Sen. · D–MD · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 4, 2025

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Committees

S. 151 went before 1 committee: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Referred To · Jan 17, 2025 · 465 Bills

Actions

S. 151 has taken 2 actions since Jan 17, 2025.

Votes

S. 151 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 151 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to exclude the authority to impose duties and tariff-rate quotas from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. — Official Title as Introduced

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 151 under Foreign Trade and International Finance, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 151’s is Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Legislative Subjects

S. 151 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents to Tariffs.

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