Toll of Tariffs Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Toll of Tariffs Act requires the United States International Trade Commission to quantify how tariffs imposed by executive orders issued from January 20, 2025, through enactment affect inflation. The Commission must study impacts on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers and on comparable non-urban price measures determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It must submit the results to Congress within 60 days. The bill does not itself raise or repeal tariffs; it creates a fast public evidence base for lawmakers, consumers, businesses, and tariff-affected industries to evaluate whether executive-order tariffs are increasing prices.
Who Benefits and How
Congressional trade committees benefit from a 60-day ITC report on tariff-related inflation effects. Consumers benefit if CPI-U and non-urban price impacts make tariff cost pass-through more visible. Businesses using imported inputs benefit from public data they can cite when explaining tariff-driven price changes. Rural consumers benefit because the report must include comparable measures tracking non-urban price changes.
Who Bears the Burden and How
International Trade Commission analysts must conduct the study and submit the report within 60 days. Bureau of Labor Statistics staff must help determine comparable non-urban price measures. Executive tariff defenders may face public scrutiny if the report shows significant inflation effects. Tariff-affected importers must still absorb or pass through tariff costs while the study is prepared.
Key Provisions
- Directs ITC to study tariffs imposed by executive orders issued on or after January 20, 2025.
- Requires analysis of CPI-U impacts and comparable non-urban price measures.
- Requires a report to Congress within 60 days after enactment.
- Provides price-impact evidence without directly changing tariff rates.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the International Trade Commission to study inflationary effects of tariffs imposed by executive orders issued on or after January 20, 2025, and report CPI-U and comparable non-urban price impacts within 60 days.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Tariffs, Inflation
Primary Purpose
Requires the International Trade Commission to study inflationary effects of tariffs imposed by executive orders issued on or after January 20, 2025, and report CPI-U and comparable non-urban price impacts within 60 days.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Congressional trade committees
- Consumers
- Businesses using imported inputs
- Rural consumers
Identified Costs
- International Trade Commission analysts
- Bureau of Labor Statistics staff
- Executive tariff defenders
- Tariff-affected importers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Scholten (for herself, Mr. Landsman, and Mr. Tran) introduced …
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Bureau of Labor Statistics staff, Congressional trade committees, International Trade Commission analysts
Positive-direction: Congressional trade committees
Negative-direction: Bureau of Labor Statistics staff, International Trade Commission analysts
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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