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SJRES-81Senate2025-09-18Foreign Trade and International Finance

A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.

YourVoice.Now SummaryAverage Household ImpactTransparency & Accountability

This joint resolution terminates the national emergency that the President declared on July 30, 2025 in Executive Order 14323, which imposed duties (tariffs) on goods imported from Brazil. Using the National Emergencies Act, Congress would end the emergency declaration and the tariffs that flowed from it. Brazilian imports include coffee, beef, orange juice, steel, aircraft parts, and other consumer and industrial goods. The resolution passed the Senate on October 28, 2025.

Average Household Impact

  • Tariffs on Brazilian imports — Emergency-based duties terminated, easing pass-through costs on coffee, beef, and other goods

Transparency & Accountability

  • Congressional check on emergency powers — National Emergencies Act termination procedure invoked

Congressional Summary

This joint resolution terminates the national emergency that was declared by President Donald J. Trump in an executive order on July 30, 2025, that also imposed an additional 40% tariff on certain imports from Brazil based on the emergency declaration. (The executive order exempted certain products, such as civil aircraft and parts, wood pulp, precious metals, energy and energy products, and fertilizers, from this additional tariff.)

Legislative Subjects

BrazilLatin AmericaPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsTariffsWar and emergency powers

Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
Senate
Status
summarized
Action
Introduced in Senate
Action Date
2025-09-18
Date Added
2026-04-28

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