House Votes to Reverse Biden Solar Tariff Freeze; 12 Democrats Join Republican Majority
The House of Representatives passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution on Friday to overturn a Biden administration policy that paused tariffs on imported solar panels.
The resolution, H.J. Res. 39, passed in the House by a vote of 221–202. Twelve Democrats joined the majority of Republicans who voted in favor of the bill, while eight Republicans opposed the resolution.
The resolution comes in response to an administrative rule that Biden’s Department of Commerce submitted in September which waives tariffs on solar panels completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam using parts and components manufactured in China. The tariff waiver is set to last until June of 2024 or until Biden rescinds a related emergency proclamation that describes struggles to “provide sufficient electricity generation to serve expected customer demand” in the United States….