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To exempt small business concerns from duties imposed pursuant to the national emergency declared on April 2, 2025, by the President and to refund small business concerns the amount of any such duties paid.
Summary
This bill exempts small business concerns from tariffs imposed by Executive Order 14257, which was issued under a national emergency declaration on April 2, 2025. The bill requires the President to refund any tariffs that small businesses have already paid under the executive order within 90 days of enactment. Small business concerns are defined using the standard definition from the Small Business Act.
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Sponsor (1)
14 cosponsors
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
Actions (2)
- Sep 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Sep 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 11, 2025
Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Warner, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To exempt small business concerns from duties imposed pursuant to the national emergency declared on April 2, 2025, by the President and to refund small business concerns the amount of any such duties paid.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
The Act may be cited as the “Small Business Restoring Equity for Local Importers through Economic Fairness Act” or the “Small Business RELIEF Act”.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION AND REFUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS FROM DUTIES IMPOSED PURSUANT TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
(a) Exemption.—Duties imposed pursuant to Executive Order 14257 (90 Fed. Reg. 15041) shall not apply with respect to goods imported by or for the use of a small business concern.
(b) Refunds.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall refund the amount of any duties paid pursuant to Executive Order 14257 (90 Fed. Reg. 15041) on goods imported by or for the use of a small business concern.
(c) Small Business Concern Defined.—In this section, the term “small business concern” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). <all>
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