SJRES 81 — Congress 119
A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil.
Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/81
Congress.gov subjects: Brazil; Latin 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)
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119 SJ 81 IS: Terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil. U.S. Senate 2025-09-18 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. 81 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025 Mr. Kaine (for himself, Mr. Paul , Mr. Schumer , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Welch , and Mr. King ) 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 Brazil. That, pursuant to section 202 of the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1622 ), the national emergency declared on July 30, 2025, by the President in Executive Order 14323 (90 Fed. Reg. 37739) is terminated.
Plain-English summary
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This joint resolution is a simple on/off switch: it would shut down a national emergency the President declared on July 30, 2025, in Executive Order 14323.
That emergency was the legal hook for slapping extra duties—tariffs, which are taxes on imports—onto goods coming from Brazil. Congress can vote to end it under the National Emergencies Act, the law that lets lawmakers turn off a presidential emergency declaration. If this passes and becomes law, that Brazil emergency ends and the special tariffs tied to it go away with it.
Importers, companies that buy Brazilian stuff, and anyone who feels those prices downstream would notice first. The text doesn’t rewrite big trade rules; it just flips this one emergency off.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Policy & Sanctions | Engagement, diplomacy, and conditioned aid | Sanctions and coercive pressure | Yea ends the emergency used to impose duties on Brazilian imports; Nay keeps that emergency tariff pressure in place. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Lower taxes and constrain spending growth | Status quo / reject this change | Yea removes the emergency import duties on Brazilian articles; Nay leaves those tariff measures in effect. |