Congressional Trade Powers Reform Act of 2026
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-10 — Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act: cross-connection with stopping-rogue-president-trade-act: Both bills would restructure presidential tariff authority by requiring affirmative congressional approval before duties or quotas take effect. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-03-27 — Repealing Outdated and Unilateral Tariff Authorities Act: cross-connection with outdated-unilateral-tariff-authorities-repeal: Both bills seek to curtail unilateral executive tariff authority and reassert congressional control over trade policy. (novelty: 2)
- 2018-05-29 — Trade Authority Protection Act: cross-connection with trade-authority-protection-act: Both proposals seek to reassert congressional oversight over executive trade actions by amending or supplementing existing Trade Act authorities. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-22 — Congressional Trade Powers Reform Act of 2026: S5081 introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance; bill title indicates reform of Congress’s authorities over U.S. trade policy, though substantive provisions are not yet detailed in the introduction record. (novelty: 3)