# 119-hr-407: Prevent Tariff Abuse Act

119-hr-407, Prevent Tariff Abuse Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-407
- Congress: 119
- Title: Prevent Tariff Abuse Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-15
- Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 75
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Bars the President from using emergency economic powers to impose import duties or quotas.** This bill would amend Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to add that the President’s authority does not include imposing duties, tariff-rate quotas, or other quotas on goods entering the United States.

## Cosponsors (75)

- Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8] (D-VA), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2025-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2025-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2026-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limit emergency tariffs on imports: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would bar the President from using emergency economic powers to put import duties, tariff‑rate quotas, or other quotas on goods entering the U.S. It would apply only to that emergency authority, not to other trade laws. It would take effect upon enactment. Importers and busine…

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- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
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- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act
- 119-hr-18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-407 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/407)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
- [119-hr-18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-18)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-407 (as of 2026-09-21).