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Introduced

In Committee

3

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Jimmy Panetta

Democrat · CA · Representative

Votes with party: 93.9% (554 recorded votes)

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Cosponsors (21)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2025-03-27

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Committee Activity

Currently in

House Committee on Ways and MeansReferred To · 2025-03-27

Previously

Ways and Means CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-27

Plain-English Summary

Reclaim Trade Powers Act This bill repeals the statute that directs the President to take certain actions, such as imposing a tariff of up to 15% for up to 150 days on articles imported into the United States, when necessary to address large and serious U.S. balance-of-payments deficits or certain other situations that present fundamental international payments problems.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Foreign Trade and International Finance

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