A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.
This joint resolution would terminate the national emergency that authorized the United States to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. The emergency was declared by the President on July 30, 2025 under Executive Order 14323, and the resolution, if enacted, would end that emergency under the National Emergencies Act (NEA) Section 202. In practical terms, ending the emergency would remove the emergency-based justification for tariffs on Brazilian imports; any duties would need to be supported by other statutes or authorities if they are to continue. The resolution was introduced in the Senate (S.J. Res. 81) on September 18, 2025 by Senators Kaine and colleagues and referred to the Committee on Finance. It does not create new policies or duties; it only terminates the existing emergency framework that allowed such duties.
Key Points
- 1Terminates the national emergency declared on July 30, 2025, by the President in Executive Order 14323 (90 Fed. Reg. 37739).
- 2Uses Section 202 of the National Emergencies Act to terminate the emergency; once enacted, the emergency powers tied to this issue would end.
- 3Ends the authority to impose or maintain duties on articles imported from Brazil that relied on the emergency for justification.
- 4Does not add new duties or policies; its effect is to remove the emergency basis for the tariffs.
- 5Introduced as S.J. Res. 81 in the 119th Congress and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance; no further policy prescriptions are included in the text provided.