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House lawmakers re-up bill to require congressional OK for Section 232 probes

August 8, 2022 at 10:38 AM
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has revived a proposal that would require congressional approval of tariffs imposed for national security reasons under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The “ Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act ,” re-introduced last Friday by House Ways & Means members Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Don Beyer (D-VA), along with Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), would apply to any future Section 232 actions as well as those taken in the past four...


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