Trade Certainty Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2413 To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 1, 2019 Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. TOOMEY, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. LEE, Mr. JONES, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Fi- nance A BILL To exclude the imposition of duties and import quotas from the authorities provided to the President under the Inter- national Emergency Economic Powers Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trade Certainty Act 4 of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Aug 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2413.IS S2413 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2413 IS SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF IMPOSITION OF DUTIES AND IM- 1 PORT QUOTAS FROM PRESIDENTIAL AU- 2 THORITIES UNDER INTERNATIONAL EMER- 3 GENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT. 4 Section 203 of the International Emergency Eco- 5 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 6 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub- 7 section (d); and 8 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- 9 lowing: 10 ‘‘(c)(1) The authority granted to the President by 11 this section does not include the authority to impose duties 12 or tariff-rate quotas or (subject to paragraph (2)) other 13 quotas on articles entering the United States. 14 ‘‘(2) The limitation under paragraph (1) does not 15 prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all 16 of a certain type of article, imported from a country from 17 entering the United States.’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:12 Aug 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2413.IS S2413 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS