The
Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at ), otherwise known as the
Smoot–Hawley Tariff or
Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was an act sponsored by
Senator Reed Smoot and
Representative Willis C. Hawley and signed into law on June 17, 1930, that raised
U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels.