S.J.Res. 88 · 119th Congress

Ends the April 2025 national emergency used to impose tariffs on most U.S. imports

Official title: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs.1

Did not become lawWho sets tariffsTariffs

§1What it does

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This joint resolution would end the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared on April 2, 2025, under which a 10% tariff was imposed on most goods imported into the United States.2,3 That emergency was also used to impose additional tariffs on goods from specified trading partners.3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, October 31, 2025: Held at the desk.1
IntroducedOctober 7, 2025
SponsorSen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Cosponsors6 cosponsors (1 Republican, 5 Democratic)
Official recordS.J.Res. 88 on Congress.gov

§3How Congress voted

Why this matters: The official count.

Senate, October 30, 2025

On the Joint Resolution: Joint Resolution Passed — 51 yes, 47 no, 2 not voting.4