Small Business RELIEF Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6215 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6215

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2025

Ms. Morrison (for herself, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
Fields, Ms. Simon, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Carson, Mr. Landsman, Mr. 
Goldman of New York, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Tran, Mr. 
 Thanedar, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Chu, Ms. Titus, Ms. Craig, Mrs. McIver, 
     Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Randall, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Latimer, Mr. 
 Subramanyam, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Ryan, Ms. 
Pettersen, Ms. Goodlander, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 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).
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