SJRES 37 — 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/37
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 37 IS: Terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada. U.S. Senate 2025-03-11 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. 37 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11 (legislative day, March 10), 2025 Mr. Kaine (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Warner , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. King , Mr. Whitehouse , and Mr. Coons ) 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 joint resolution would shut down a national emergency the President declared on February 1, 2025. That emergency (in Executive Order 14193) was the legal hook for slapping extra tariffs—taxes on imports—on goods coming in from Canada.
Congress can do 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 emergency ends and the Canada tariffs tied to it stop.
Importers, exporters, and anyone who buys Canadian stuff could feel it—prices and supply chains might shift once those duties go away. Folks who watch U.S.–Canada trade or presidential emergency powers would care too.
The text is short and plain: it names the order and says the emergency is over. It doesn’t rewrite bigger trade rules beyond killing that one declaration.
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| Issue | Yea advances | Nay advances | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Policy & Sanctions | Extend preferential trade access | Status quo / reject this change | Yea ends the emergency tariffs on Canadian imports and restores freer bilateral trade access; Nay keeps the emergency duties in place. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Lower taxes and constrain spending growth | Revenue for public programs | Yea removes the import duties created under the emergency; Nay retains those tariff charges as a revenue and trade tool. |
| Energy & Climate | Grid reliability and affordability | Status quo / reject this change | Subjects flag energy supply; Yea would lift emergency duties that can raise costs on Canadian energy-related trade, while Nay keeps the emergency framework. |