Will support legislation to repeal the president's balance-of-payments tariff authority under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Jeanne Shaheen · New Hampshire · Democratic

policy impact 0.55 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 78%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Support legislation repealing Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.. Promised outcome: The balance-of-payments tariff authority would be repealed.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 119th Congress, U.S. Senate; Shaheen listed among senators introducing S. 5390, the End Trump's Tariff Tax Act.

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Occurrences

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS AUTHORITY. (a) In General.--Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2132) is repealed. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 122.

The Shaheen-backed bill would repeal Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, removing balance-of-payments tariff authority.

S. 5390 (IS) - End Trump's Tariff Tax Act
primary · other · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

unverified · Source version 62897 · locator unknown

Sponsors + 15 cosponsors ... Jeanne Shaheen Democratic

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress.gov-derived bill data lists Sen. Jeanne Shaheen as a cosponsor of S.4049, documenting her support for the Section 122 repeal bill.

delivered same_term A for effort

S 4049 — GovTally
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

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verified · Source version 62899 · locator 1076

Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2132) is repealed.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms S.4049 is legislation to repeal the president's balance-of-payments authority under Section 122.

delivered same_term A for effort

S. 4049 Introduced in Senate (IS) — Reclaim Trade Powers Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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verified · Source version 62901 · locator 1454

read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo action data shows the bill was referred to Senate Finance; web search found no later enactment in the lookback window.

delivered same_term A for effort

S. 4049 (IS) - Reclaim Trade Powers Act - BILLS-119s4049is | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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unverified · Source version 62903 · locator unknown

repealing Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Sen. Kaine's official release describes the Reclaim Trade Powers Act as legislation aimed at ending the Section 122 tariff authority Shaheen later supported as a cosponsor.

delivered same_term A for effort

Kaine & Warnock Introduce Legislation to Repeal Section 122 and End Trump’s Tariffs
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-21 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment and verified evidence show legislation containing repeal language for Section 122, and verified action evidence shows the bill was read twice and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. That supports an effort to advance repeal legislation, but the verified passages do not show enactment or that the balance-of-payments authority was actually repealed. Because this is an outcome commitment and there is no documented expired deadline, an attempt without enactment is unresolved. Candidate-specific material attribution is not established by the verified passages provided.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%