H.R. 407 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
Cosponsors: 75 (75 D, 0 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-01-15
Latest action (2025-01-15): 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.
What H.R. 407 does, in plain terms
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.)
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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