Not adopted
This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Pending Consideration
- Failed
What this amendment would do
This amendment would change the bill by exempting medicine and medical products from duties, which are taxes or fees, imposed due to a national emergency declaration.
The national emergency declaration relates to regulating imports with a reciprocal tariff to rectify trade practices that contribute to large and persistent annual United States goods trade deficits.
Under this amendment, medical products include personal protective equipment, such as protective clothing, helmets, gloves, face shields, goggles, facemasks or respirators, or other equipment designed to protect the wearer from injury or the spread of infection or illness.
Medical products also include a device as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The term medicine has the meaning given to the term drug in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
- 6/29/2025
- Senate amendment submitted
This bill has no cosponsors