119-s2777

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2777 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2777

 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 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

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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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