Approval required for imposition of duties, quotas, or tariff rate quotas or suspension, withdrawal, or prevention of the application of trade agreement concessions

(a) Congressional approval required Except as provided by subsection (b), the President may not impose or increase a duty, quota, or tariff-rate quota with respect to an article imported into the United States or suspend, withdraw, or prevent the application of trade agreement concessions with respect to an article unless there is enacted into law a joint resolution of approval with respect to the duty, quota, tariff-rate quota, or concession. (b) Exclusions The requirement under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to— (1) antidumping and countervailing duties imposed under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.); (2) duties, quotas, and tariff-rate quotas imposed under chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.); (3) duties imposed consistent with a ruling authorizing the suspension of benefits or concessions on the part of the United States issued by— (A) a dispute settlement panel constituted under a bilateral or plurilateral free trade agreement for which explicit congressional approval pursuant to the requirements of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) has been enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act, before which the United States is a party; or (B) a dispute settlement panel described in section 123 of the Uruguay Rounds Agreement Act (19 U.S.C. 3533) before which the United States is a party.