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RELIEF Act

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to refund tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 20, 2026

Latest action (Feb 20, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Issues
Foreign Policy

Summary

This bill would require the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner to refund tariffs and duties collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and issued to importers starting January 1, 2025. The refunds must be processed and completed within 90 days of the bill's enactment, with the money returned to the importer of record. Notably, importers would not be required to file an application or protest to receive their refunds; the Commissioner would automatically process them using existing information. The bill aims to quickly restore funds collected through what are characterized as unlawfully imposed tariffs to independent businesses and family-owned enterprises.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
42 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Feb 20, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 7736 — RELIEF Act · Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 92%
  • S 3905 — Tariff Refund Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 7822 — Tariff Relief for Consumers Act · Introduced Mar 5, 2026 · Cong. 119 81%
  • S 4364 — Speedy Tariff Refund Act of 2026 · Introduced Apr 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 6215 — Small Business RELIEF Act · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 7636 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish the individual tariff refund credit. · Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 20, 2026

Mr. Horsford (for himself, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Ross, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Amo, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Friedman, and Mr. Neal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to refund tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Economic Lifelines for Independent Enterprises and Family Businesses Act” or the “RELIEF Act”.

SECTION 2. REFUND REQUIRED.

(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall take such steps as may be necessary to liquidate or reliquidate all entries with respect to which any amounts were collected on or after January 1, 2025, in the form of a tariff or other duty imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and refund all such amounts to the importer of record.

(b) No Application Required.—The Commissioner shall carry out the liquidations and reliquidations required by subsection (a) without requiring any importer of record to file an application or protest to be eligible for the refunds required by such subsection, and shall use all information otherwise available to the Commissioner to calculate and disburse the amounts owed.

(c) Entry Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “entry” includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. <all>

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