SJRES 77 — Congress 119
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/77
Congress.gov subjects: Canada; Energy storage, supplies, demand; North America; Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents; Tariffs; War and emergency powers; Foreign Trade and International Finance
Issues impacted: Taxes & Government Spending (ai, high), Foreign Policy & Sanctions (ai, high), Energy & Climate (taxonomy, high)
Official bill text (stored)
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119 SJ 77 IS: Terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. U.S. Senate 2025-09-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIA 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. J. RES. 77 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 16, 2025 Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Paul , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Warner , Mr. Schumer , Ms. Collins , Mr. King , Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Welch , Mr. Coons , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Wyden , and Mrs. Shaheen ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance JOINT RESOLUTION Terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. That, pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1622 ), the national emergency declared on February 1, 2025, by the President in Executive Order 14193 (90 Fed. Reg. 9113) is terminated.
Plain-English summary
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This one’s a short joint resolution that would shut down a national emergency the President declared on February 1, 2025. That emergency (in Executive Order 14193) let the White House slap extra tariffs—taxes on imports—on goods coming in from Canada.
Congress has a tool for this under the National Emergencies Act, the law that lets lawmakers vote to end an emergency the President started. If this resolution becomes law, that specific emergency and the Canada tariffs tied to it would stop.
Importers, companies that use Canadian parts or products, and shoppers who buy those goods would feel it most. The text is bare-bones: it just names the emergency and says it’s over. It doesn’t list products or dollar amounts.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Policy & Sanctions | Extend preferential trade access | Sanctions and coercive pressure | Yea ends the emergency tariffs on Canadian imports (more open trade access); Nay keeps the emergency duties as economic pressure. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Lower taxes and constrain spending growth | Status quo / reject this change | Yea removes the emergency import duties; Nay keeps those tariffs in place. |
| Energy & Climate | Grid reliability and affordability | Status quo / reject this change | Subjects tie the measure to energy supply/trade with Canada; Yea ends emergency duties that can raise import costs; Nay keeps the emergency framework. |