Calling for a trade policy that supports workers, consumers, independent farmers, small businesses, and the environment.
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (14 May 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
What this bill does
H.Res. 1286 is a simple resolution expressing the House's position on trade policy rather than creating binding law. It states that the House rejects both current tariff-driven trade practices and past trade agreements it characterizes as harmful, and instead calls for trade policy centered on workers, family farmers, consumers, small businesses, and environmental protection. It outlines numerous "sense of the House" positions, including calls for binding labor and environmental standards in trade agreements, wage floors for companies receiving tariff preferences, stronger Buy America and domestic-content rules, limits on offshoring incentives, exclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions, protections for affordable medicine access, country-of-origin labeling for agricultural products, safeguards for digital-economy workers and data/AI policy autonomy, and robust enforcement of tariffs, antidumping, and countervailing duty laws.
The resolution addresses a broad range of stakeholders, including manufacturing and union workers, independent and family farmers, small businesses, consumers, and industries such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and digital media. It also touches on the role of Congress in approving future trade agreements and overseeing tariff policy under existing trade laws.
As a resolution, it does not have the force of law and would not, by itself, change any existing statutes or trade agreements even if passed by the House. It was introduced on May 14, 2026, by Rep. Rosa DeLauro along with numerous cosponsors, and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Its next step would be committee consideration; no further action has occurred yet.
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Timeline
14 May 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Common questions
- What does H.Res. 1286 do?
- H.Res. 1286 is a simple resolution expressing the House's position on trade policy rather than creating binding law. It states that the House rejects both current tariff-driven trade practices and past trade agreements it characterizes as harmful, and instead calls for trade policy centered on workers, family farmers, consumers, small businesses, and environmental protection. It outlines numerous "sense of the House" positions, including calls for binding labor and environmental standards in trade agreements, wage floors for companies receiving tariff preferences, stronger Buy America and domestic-content rules, limits on offshoring incentives, exclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions, protections for affordable medicine access, country-of-origin labeling for agricultural products, safeguards for digital-economy workers and data/AI policy autonomy, and robust enforcement of tariffs, antidumping, and countervailing duty laws. The resolution addresses a broad range of stakeholders, including manufacturing and union workers, independent and family farmers, small businesses, consumers, and industries such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and digital media. It also touches on the role of Congress in approving future trade agreements and overseeing tariff policy under existing trade laws. As a resolution, it does not have the force of law and would not, by itself, change any existing statutes or trade agreements even if passed by the House. It was introduced on May 14, 2026, by Rep. Rosa DeLauro along with numerous cosponsors, and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Its next step would be committee consideration; no further action has occurred yet.
- Has H.Res. 1286 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.Res. 1286. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.Res. 1286?
- H.Res. 1286 was sponsored by Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), with 54 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.Res. 1286?
- Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (14 May 2026).
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