EO 14220 Copper Section 232 Codification (HR2873)

Current understanding

HR2873 would give permanent statutory authority to Executive Order 14220 and related agency actions that direct a Section 232 national-security investigation into copper imports and authorize potential tariffs or import restrictions. The bill converts an executive-branch trade action into durable statutory footing, insulating the copper import inquiry and any resulting tariff regime from rescission by a future administration. Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 2025-01-21 — Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act: cross-connection with stopping-adversarial-tariff-evasion-act: Both operate through Section 232; the Tariff Evasion Act would broaden the covered universe of goods subject to 232 (and 301/203) actions by attributing adversary origin to adversary-controlled third-country producers. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-04-10 — To continue Executive Order 14220 in effect indefinitely.: cross-connection with section-232-public-transparency: Both concern Section 232 national-security trade investigations: HR2873 codifies an active copper Section 232 EO, while the Section 232 Public Transparency Act would impose disclosure requirements on the same underlying investigative authority. (novelty: 2)

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