A resolution commemorating the 95th anniversary of the enactment of the Tariff Act of 1930.

This resolution marks the 95th anniversary of a law called the Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. It states the view that this law, which raised taxes on imported goods to their highest levels in over a hundred years, played a major role in causing the Great Depression. The resolution also notes that this was the last time Congress itself directly set the rates for these import taxes.

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