HR 6215 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Small Business RELIEF Act

Latest action · Nov 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 20, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 20, 2025 to Feb 23, 2026; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-COBrittany PettersenOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NHChris PappasOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-LACleo FieldsOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NYDaniel S. GoldmanOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-CADerek TranOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NVDina TitusOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-WAEmily RandallOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NYGeorge LatimerOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-OHGreg LandsmanOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-MDJohnny Olszewski, Jr.OriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NJLaMonica McIverOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-CALateefah SimonOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NHMaggie GoodlanderOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-PRPablo José HernándezOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-NYPatrick RyanOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-MIShri ThanedarOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-VASuhas SubramanyamOriginalNov 20, 2025
D-ILMike QuigleyNov 25, 2025
D-MIHillary J. ScholtenDec 3, 2025
D-MASeth MoultonFeb 23, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Nov 20, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Nov 20, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 196, November 20, 2025, page H4877.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2777Small Business RELIEF ActIdentical billSep 11, 2025

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Small Business RELIEF Act
Small Business Restoring Equity for Local Importers through Economic Fairness Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 20, 2025Introduced in House

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