My RELIEF Act is about making sure small businesses like his get the support they deserve, without delays or red tape. The RELIEF Act would: • Require tariff refunds within 90 days of enactment • Apply to covered tariffs collected since January 1, 2025 • Eliminate the need for individual applications or formal protests
Enact the RELIEF Act to require tariff refunds within 90 days, apply them to covered tariffs collected since January 1, 2025, and eliminate individual applications or formal protests.
Occurrences
Introduced legislation to guarantee automatic tariff refunds within 90 days, no red tape, no delays.
To deliver direct relief, Congressman Horsford introduced the RELIEF Act, which would automatically refund within 90 days, no application required, no red tape, and bureaucratic hurdles.
H.R. 7736, the Restoring Economic Lifelines for Independent Enterprises and Family Businesses Act, was introduced by Mr. Horsford.
My bill, the RELIEF Act does something radical in Washington: it makes the government fix its mistake. It requires automatic refunds of all tariff payments within 90 days. No application. No protest process. No lawyer required.
Evidence
Last Action Date Listed: February 26, 2026. Action: Mr. Horsford (for himself and numerous cosponsors) introduced the bill; it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Full title: 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.
On February 24, 2026, Congressman Steven Horsford delivered the lead remarks in support of House Democrats' motion to defeat the previous question and force a vote on his legislation, the RELIEF Act. The release says the bill would require CBP to automatically refund tariffs and customs duties collected under IEEPA since January 1, 2025, within 90 days, without individual applications or formal protests.
Assessments
Horsford introduced H.R. 7736, the RELIEF Act, in the 119th Congress and pushed for House consideration, so he made a concrete legislative attempt during his current federal term. However, available bill-status evidence shows the bill was only referred to the House Ways and Means Committee on February 26, 2026, with no House passage, Senate passage, presidential signature, or enacted tariff-refund mechanism. Because the promised outcome was enactment of the RELIEF Act and that has not occurred, the promise is not delivered despite serious effort.