Relating to a national emergency by the President on February 1, 2025.
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.J.Res.72 uses Congress's National Emergencies Act review authority to terminate a presidential emergency tied to the February 1, 2025 emergency tariff action in Executive Order 14193. The resolution does not enact a replacement tariff schedule. It would instead remove the emergency legal basis for the duties, shifting power back toward ordinary tariff statutes and congressional trade oversight. The main practical effects fall on import-dependent manufacturers, U.S. consumers, Customs tariff collectors, protected domestic manufacturers, and the President's emergency trade offices.
Who Benefits and How
Import-dependent manufacturers benefit because ending the emergency can reduce duty costs on imported inputs. U.S. consumers benefit if lower import duties flow through into lower prices for finished goods. Retail businesses benefit from less tariff volatility when inventory planning depends on imported products. Members of Congress opposing emergency tariffs benefit from a direct vote to end the emergency authority.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Protected domestic manufacturers bear the burden if lower tariffs increase competition from imported goods. Customs tariff collectors must adjust entry processing and duty collection if the emergency ends. Presidential trade offices lose leverage from using emergency declarations as tariff authority. Canadian exporters may face a changed negotiating environment once Congress terminates the emergency basis.
Key Provisions
- Terminates the national emergency connected to the February 1, 2025 emergency tariff action in Executive Order 14193.
- Blocks the emergency basis for collecting the affected tariffs.
- Requires customs officials to adjust duty administration if the resolution is enacted.
- Limits presidential emergency trade authority in the covered tariff action.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Terminates the national emergency used to impose the February 1, 2025 emergency tariff action in Executive Order 14193, ending the emergency basis for those duties.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Tariffs, National Emergencies
Primary Purpose
Terminates the national emergency used to impose the February 1, 2025 emergency tariff action in Executive Order 14193, ending the emergency basis for those duties.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Import-dependent manufacturers
- U.S. consumers
- Retail businesses
- Members opposing emergency tariffs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Protected domestic manufacturers
- Customs tariff collectors
- Presidential trade offices
- Canadian exporters
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - …
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas …
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2169)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.J. …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to a previous order …
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, …
Considered pursuant to a previous order. (consideration: CR H2154-2161)
Consideration initiated pursuant to a previous order.
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Import-dependent manufacturers, Protected domestic manufacturers
Positive-direction: Import-dependent manufacturers
Negative-direction: Protected domestic manufacturers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "president"
- → President of the United States
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