Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025

This bill, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025, would restrict the President’s power under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by removing the authority to impose or increase duties (tariffs) and tariff-rate quotas on imported goods. In other words, it would prevent using IEEPA as a tool to raise or set tariffs. The bill would still allow the President to exclude all articles, or all articles of a certain type, from entering the United States if desired, but it could no longer rely on IEEPA to impose or adjust tariffs. The sponsors are Senators Shaheen, Wyden, and Kaine, and the bill was introduced in the Senate. The impact would be to curb the executive branch’s ability to use tariffs as an emergency economic power. Tariff-related disputes or responses would have to be handled through other authorities or by Congress, rather than through IEEPA actions.