Terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.

Key Points

• This proposal, introduced by Representative Meeks, would end the national emergency declared in April 2025. That emergency was used as the legal basis to put broad taxes, called tariffs, on goods imported from all over the world.
• If passed, the government would lose the special powers it currently uses to keep these global tariffs in place. This could result in lower prices for shoppers on imported items like electronics, clothing, and car parts, as the extra taxes would be removed.
• The bill aims to move trade policy back to regular rules instead of treating it as an ongoing emergency. It addresses concerns that using emergency powers for long periods gives the executive branch too much control over the economy without enough input from other parts of government.