Trade Review Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Trade Review Act creates a congressional review mechanism for import duties other than antidumping and countervailing duties. Within 48 hours after imposing or increasing a duty on an imported article, the President must notify Congress and explain the reasoning and likely effects on U.S. businesses and consumers. The duty may remain in effect for no more than 60 days unless Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval. Congress may also enact a joint resolution of disapproval, which would make the duty cease to have force or effect. The bill defines approval and disapproval resolutions and applies expedited Trade Act procedures for their consideration.
Who Benefits and How
Congress benefits because it gains a fast review channel over new or increased import duties. U.S. importers benefit because duties would expire after 60 days unless Congress affirmatively approves them. U.S. consumers benefit from oversight designed to limit tariff costs that can flow into retail prices. Businesses using imported inputs benefit from required impact assessments and a congressional check on tariff increases.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The President must justify new or increased duties to Congress within 48 hours and cannot rely on indefinite unilateral continuation. U.S. producers protected by tariffs may lose protection if Congress does not approve the duty within 60 days or enacts disapproval. Congressional trade committees must process approval or disapproval resolutions under expedited procedures. Trade agencies must prepare impact assessments and track the 60-day legal status of covered duties.
Key Provisions
- Requires presidential notification to Congress within 48 hours after imposing or increasing an import duty.
- Limits covered duties to 60 days unless Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval.
- Provides a joint resolution of disapproval that ends the duty's force or effect.
- Exempts antidumping and countervailing duties from the review mechanism.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours after imposing or increasing import duties, limits those duties to 60 days without congressional approval, and allows congressional disapproval to end them.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Tariffs, Congressional Oversight
Primary Purpose
Requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours after imposing or increasing import duties, limits those duties to 60 days without congressional approval, and allows congressional disapproval to end them.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Congress
- U.S. importers
- U.S. consumers
- Businesses using imported inputs
Identified Costs
- President of the United States
- Tariff-protected producers
- Congressional trade committees
- Trade agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Gottheimer, …
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional trade committees, President of the United States
Positive-direction: Congressional trade committees
Negative-direction: President of the United States
Businesses using imported inputs, Tariff-protected producers
Positive-direction: Businesses using imported inputs
Negative-direction: Tariff-protected producers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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