S. 1856 · 118th Congress

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

Introduced on Jun 7, 2023 by Sherrod Brown (D-OH). 20 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Jun 7, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 7, 2023
Cosponsors
20
10 from the other party
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to improve the administration of antidumping and countervailing duty laws, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative remedies
  • Canada
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
  • Currency
  • Customs enforcement
  • Foreign and international corporations
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Free trade and trade barriers
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • International monetary system and foreign exchange
  • Mexico
  • North America
  • Tariffs
  • Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Sherrod BrownD-OHSponsor

Democrats · 9

Independents · 1

Republicans · 10

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 7, 2023 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NUCOR CORPORATION13 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  2. Alliance For American Manufacturing8 reports
    $660K reported (all issues)
  3. Leggett & Platt, Inc.6 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATEDAI match · 100%
  4. American Wire Producers Association5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  5. ArcelorMittal North America Holdings LLC5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  6. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  7. COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY5 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  8. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $5.9M reported (all issues)
  9. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.5 reports
    $93.5M reported (all issues)
  10. Cold Finished Steel Bar Institute5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  11. MUNICIPAL CASTINGS ASSOCIATION, formerly MUNICIPAL CASTINGS FAIR TRADE COUNCIL5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  12. SPECIALTY STEEL INDUSTY OF NORTH AMERICA5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  13. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association5 reports
    $99K reported (all issues)
  14. National Taxpayers Union4 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  15. NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. (Formerly NextEra Energy Inc.)4 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  17. American Foundry Society3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  18. Clean Energy Buyers Association (formerly RENEWABLE ENERGY BUYERS ALLIANCE)3 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  19. DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.3 reports
  20. North American Stainless2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  21. STEEL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  22. CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION1 report
    $210K reported (all issues)
  23. Enel North America, Inc.1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  24. NEXTERA ENERGY, INC1 report
    Federal contractor: NEXTERA ENERGY SERVICES MAINE, LLC$1.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 95%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.