Require all Executive Branch trade actions, including raising tariffs, to be subject to congressional approval through a joint resolution before taking effect, with limited 'national emergency' exceptions.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Global Trade Accountability Act Friday, a bill that would subject all Executive Branch trade actions (including raising tariffs) to congressional approval. ... The Global Trade Accountability Act would require the president to secure a joint resolution approved by both houses of Congress before any 'unilateral trade action' could take effect. The act does allow for 'national emergency' exceptions, but only for 90 days, after which the president would still have obtain approval from both houses of Congress.

Lee states that Congress must be involved in any decision that would increase barriers to trade and introduces a bill to require congressional approval for Executive Branch trade actions.

Lee Introduces Global Trade Accountability Act - Press Releases - United States Senator Mike Lee
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The Global Trade Accountability Act would require the president to secure a joint resolution approved by both houses of Congress before any 'unilateral trade action' could take effect. The act does allow for 'national emergency' exceptions, but only for 90 days, after which the president would still have obtain approval from both houses of Congress.

Mike Lee commits to require all Executive Branch trade actions, including raising tariffs, to be subject to approval by both houses of Congress, except for temporary national emergencies.

Lee Introduces Global Trade Accountability Act - Press Releases - United States Senator Mike Lee
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"The Global Trade Accountability Act would require the president to secure a joint resolution approved by both houses of Congress before any 'unilateral trade action' could take effect. The act does allow for 'national emergency' exceptions, but only for 90 days, after which the president would still have obtain approval from both houses of Congress."

Mike Lee promises to require congressional approval for executive branch trade actions, such as raising tariffs, except for limited national emergency situations.

Lee Introduces Global Trade Accountability Act - Press Releases - United States Senator Mike Lee
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Senator Mike Lee said the bill would subject unilateral actions by the president to increase trade barriers to congressional approval, and that it would require both chambers to affirmatively approve unilateral trade actions before they could take effect, with a national-emergency exception limited to 90 days.

This is the clearest official statement of the commitment. It matches the claim's structure: congressional approval for executive trade actions, including tariffs, with a limited emergency carve-out. The source shows Lee promoted the policy but does not show enactment, so it supports a never-delivered/unfinished status rather than delivery.

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Sen. Lee Reintroduces Global Trade Accountability Act
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GovInfo records S.1060 as introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance, with the bill title 'Global Trade Accountability Act' and a full title describing congressional review of unilateral trade actions by the executive branch.

This is official legislative evidence that Lee kept advancing the same policy idea in a later Congress, but the record shown is only introduction and referral. That indicates serious pursuit without delivery into law, reinforcing an unresolved-to-never delivered status rather than completion.

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S.1060 - Global Trade Accountability Act
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