This legislation, titled the "No Tariffs on Groceries Act of 2025," aims to significantly restrict the President's unilateral power to impose new tariffs or tariff-rate quotas on articles of food . Under this bill, the President would be prohibited from enacting such duties unless a formal request is transmitted to Congress and subsequently approved through a specific joint resolution of approval . The process for approval involves the President submitting a request, after which a joint resolution can be introduced in either House of Congress within a 45-day period. These joint resolutions are subject to expedited procedures , similar to those for other trade-related resolutions, to ensure timely consideration. An important exception is made for antidumping or countervailing duties , which remain outside the scope of this new congressional approval requirement. The term "article of food" is broadly defined to encompass not only food for human consumption but also products for animal food, agricultural commodities, packaging materials for these items, and essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, and agro-chemicals. This comprehensive definition underscores the bill's intent to cover a wide range of goods critical to the food supply chain, potentially impacting food prices and agricultural trade policy.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Foreign Trade and International Finance
No Tariffs on Groceries Act of 2025
USA119th CongressS-3229| Senate
| Updated: 11/20/2025
This legislation, titled the "No Tariffs on Groceries Act of 2025," aims to significantly restrict the President's unilateral power to impose new tariffs or tariff-rate quotas on articles of food . Under this bill, the President would be prohibited from enacting such duties unless a formal request is transmitted to Congress and subsequently approved through a specific joint resolution of approval . The process for approval involves the President submitting a request, after which a joint resolution can be introduced in either House of Congress within a 45-day period. These joint resolutions are subject to expedited procedures , similar to those for other trade-related resolutions, to ensure timely consideration. An important exception is made for antidumping or countervailing duties , which remain outside the scope of this new congressional approval requirement. The term "article of food" is broadly defined to encompass not only food for human consumption but also products for animal food, agricultural commodities, packaging materials for these items, and essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, and agro-chemicals. This comprehensive definition underscores the bill's intent to cover a wide range of goods critical to the food supply chain, potentially impacting food prices and agricultural trade policy.