# 119-s-151: Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025

119-s-151, Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-151
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would limit the President's authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose or raise duties and tariff-rate quotas on imported goods.** It would still allow the President to exclude all articles or specific types of articles from a particular country from entering the United States under the same emergency law. - Importers and U.S. businesses: Would no longer face new duties or tariff-rate quotas imposed under IEEPA during a declared emergency. This narrows the set of trade-restrictive measures available to the executive branch. - Foreign exporters and trading partners: Could not be hit with IEEPA-based duties or tariff-rate quotas but could still be blocked entirely if the President uses exclusion authority against a country or a class of goods. - Executive branch and emergency response: Narrows presidential trade tools to exclusions of goods while removing the option to impose emergency import taxes or tariff-rate quotas under IEEPA.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits presidential power to raise tariffs: benefit, medium. This bill would stop the President from using an IEEPA trade-emergency power to impose or raise duties or to add tariff-rate quotas on goods entering the United States. It would still allow the President to exclude all goods, or all goods of a certain type, from a given country. If enacted, importe…

## Related bills

- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-sres-854: A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month".

## Sources
- [119-s-151 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/151)

## Related
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-sres-854: A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month".](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-854)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-151 (as of 2025-12-21).