Chip Roy will raise remittance fees on illegal immigrants to at least 25 percent.

Chip Roy · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.65 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 93%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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H.R. 8995 was introduced by Mr. Roy and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The bill would amend IRC section 4475(a) by striking '1 percent' and inserting '25 percent'.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Roy took concrete legislative action in the 119th Congress by introducing a bill to raise the federal remittance transfer excise tax from 1% to 25%, but the GovInfo version is only the introduced House bill referred to committee, not enacted law.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 8995 (Introduced-in-House) - Reducing External Monetary International Transfers To Advance National Capital Efficiency Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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The U.S. Code text in effect on September 5, 2026 states that the remittance transfer tax is '1 percent of the amount of such transfer' and notes section 4475 was added by Public Law 119-21.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The last-lookback official code text still shows the remittance transfer tax at 1%, so Roy's 25% target had not been delivered as federal law by September 5, 2026.

partial same_term A for effort

26 USC 4475: Imposition of tax
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Not delivered. In federal office context, Roy introduced H.R. 8995 in the 119th Congress to raise the remittance transfer tax from 1 percent to 25 percent, which is a serious legislative attempt and directly matches the promise. But the official U.S. Code evidence still shows the enacted remittance transfer tax at 1 percent as of September 5, 2026, and the bill evidence shows only an introduced House bill referred to committee, not enacted law. Because the promised 25 percent fee was not achieved, but Roy materially attempted it while serving in the relevant federal office, this is a failed promise with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%