,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #cj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,coons 7for himself and ,mr4  
,kaine7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
limit the authority of the ,president to
 impose new or additional duties with   
respect to articles imported from       
countries that are allies or free trade 
agreement partners of the ,united       
,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,stopping ,tariffs  
on ,allies and ,bolstering ,legislative 
,exercise of ,trade ,policy ,act or the 
,,stable ,trade ,policy ,act4  #b4      
,limitation on authority of the         
,president to impose duties on allies   
and free trade agreement partners of the
 ,united ,states  7a7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,covered country ,the
 term covered country means-- 7,a7 a    
member country of the ,north ,atlantic  
,treaty ,organization2  7,b7 a country  

that has been designated as a major     
non-,,nato ally under section #eag of   
the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcbak72 or  7,c7 a      
country that has in effect a free trade 
agreement with the ,united ,states4     
7#b7 ,covered duty ,the term covered    
duty means a duty proclaimed pursuant   
to-- 7,a7 section #bcb of the ,trade    
,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#ahfb72  7,b7 section #cch of the       
,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4    
#acch72  7,c7 the ,trading with the     
,enemy ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #dcja et     
seq472 or  7,d7 the ,international      
,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq474  7b7          
,authority ,to proclaim or increase duty
 rates ,notwithstanding any other       
provision of law1 the ,president may    
proclaim a new or additional covered    
duty with respect to an article imported
 into the ,united ,states from a covered
 country1 only if-- 7#a7 the ,president 
submits to ,congress a request for      

authorization to proclaim or increase   
the duty that includes-- 7,a7 a         
description of the objective the        
,president seeks to achieve through the 
proclamation or increase of the duty2   
7,b7 an explanation of why such         
objective cannot be achieved more       
effectively through diplomatic          
engagement1 trade dispute resolution    
processes1 or other mechanisms2  7,c7 an
 assessment of the likely impact of the 
duty on the foreign policy and national 
security interests of the ,united       
,states2 and  7,d7 an assessment of the 
likely impact of the proposal on the    
economy of the ,united ,states as a     
whole and on any relevant industry      
sector2 and  7#b7 a joint resolution of 
approval under subsection 7c7 is enacted
 into law4  7c7 ,joint resolution of    
approval  7#a7 ,joint resolution of     
approval defined ,in this subsection1   
the term joint resolution of approval   
means a joint resolution the sole matter
 after the resolving clause of which is 

as follows3 ,that ,congress authorizes  
the ,president to proclaim duty rates as
 set forth in the request of the        
,president submitted to ,congress on 1  
with the blank space being filled with  
the date of the request submitted under 
subsection 7b77#a74  7#b7 ,introduction 
,a joint resolution of approval may be  
introduced in either ,house of ,congress
 by any ,member during the              
#ae-legislative day period beginning on 
the date on which the ,president submits
 to ,congress the request under         
subsection 7b77#a74  7#c7 ,expedited    
procedures ,the provisions of           
subsections 7b7 through 7f7 of section  
#aeb of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai   
,u4,s4,c4 #baib7 apply to a joint       
resolution of approval to the same      
extent that such subsections apply to   
joint resolutions under such section    
#aeb4  7#d7 ,rules of the ,senate and   
the ,house of ,representatives ,this    
subsection is enacted by ,congress--    
7,a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   

power of the ,senate and the ,house of  
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such is deemed a part of the rules of   
each ,house1 respectively1 but          
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of a joint resolution of    
approval1 and supersedes other rules    
only to the extent that it is           
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7,b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to
 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4