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<dc:title>119 HR 9768 IH: Tariff Refund Act of 2026</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-07-16</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 9768</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260716">July 16, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001215">Ms. Stevens</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain amounts of tariff revenue as an overpayment of tax.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HCA4F544B8BF44756BF01EA78F1ED3592" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H35A1C61A20AF42C3A5170A554F834052" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header>
 <text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Tariff Refund Act of 2026</short-title></quote>.</text></section> 
<section id="H9457AF1DACA94CFCAA6D4965E9635581"><enum>2.</enum><header>Tariff revenue rebate overpayment</header> 
<subsection id="HDAE66C21F28446D2AB124FC20AB9063E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/65">chapter 65</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H47AC24F6C36E4F22AD4B59EFFFA5CC61" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H944834FF0E9D45B197A3C70B6BBE38FF"><enum>6436.</enum><header>Tariff revenue rebate overpayment</header> <subsection id="HDBCF60B2C1C545F6AD09DDC6D5FD264D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible individual shall be treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for the preceding taxable year of—</text> 
<paragraph id="HAC41B9812EC84BFA85E33467B5F37C3E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a joint return, $1,700,</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H146342D74DF14E2AA8D8691C01182150"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a head of household, $1,275, or</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H399DBC21762A40079069FE65AEB4ED6E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of any other individual, $850.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7A392C27DF5B488FB3E0A78887CBF9EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preceding taxable year</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>preceding taxable year</quote> means, with respect to an eligible individual, the most recent taxable year of such individual which—</text> 
<paragraph id="HA7A16F56CEA948F588C09E3214C0B52A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>begins after December 31, 2024, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF09AC3CC31C54AAD98ED6BC0F0EEEE40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ends before the date of the enactment of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H7CB76E77FC0D4B67B5963B0E326E3782"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible individual</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <quote>eligible individual</quote> means any individual—</text> <paragraph id="H2DE16EF2CC3542E98EDDBDB384DD20DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>who is a citizen of the United States,</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H6412423EE81942B1B1DC19D09D89EFCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who is not incarcerated for a crime conviction in the United States on the date on which the Secretary determines such individual’s eligibility under this subsection,</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HC53C0E80E11A44CCB12C29F7582B5994"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whose adjusted gross income for the preceding taxable year did not exceed—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H581A22219B3B4F5C96DCEB147E2D546B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a joint return, $400,000,</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71244EF409DA44BBB18CAB0C3E480F2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a head of household, $300,000, or</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H051E636431924F46B9B0A5C9FC767726"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of any other individual, $200,000, and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7194B6A362174A88BD2D04D178CE93FE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other than—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HF008261371644C8CA52BECFFCE562A2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual who is a dependent of another taxpayer for the taxable year of such individual which follows the preceding taxable year, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD02E0F96F9DD4DA6A264ACCB9F5FB955"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an estate or trust.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H283682A4B52842EB87DE08392CAEEBB0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Dependent defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purpose of this section, the term <quote>dependent</quote> has the meaning given such term by section 152.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD478475996DD4C7B9BC5DE052B93CE5F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No interest</header><text>No interest shall be allowed on any overpayment attributable to this section.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H534AA635AFA64B38B8D64F9C1325BD41"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Timing and manner of payments</header> 
<paragraph id="H7EF19039D0FC4EE69AB0CD8A94402533"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary shall refund or credit any overpayment attributable to this section as rapidly as possible.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5479FD1F3A7348048096C47AF990EF95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delivery of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may certify and disburse refunds payable under this subsection electronically to—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H90773550AFD348C385693653C270A15C">
                                    <enum>(A)</enum>
 <text>any account to which the payee authorized, on or after January 1, 2024, the delivery of a refund of taxes under this title or of a Federal payment (as defined in section 3332 of title 31, United States Code),</text>
                                </subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HB3C4D2BC2BFA4BD2AB56AF5ED74D7CFA">
                  <enum>(B)</enum>
 <text>any account belonging to a payee from which that individual, on or after January 1, 2024, made a payment of taxes under this title, or</text>
                </subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H090F1B3FFC254244A3946E38A586F3DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any Treasury-sponsored account (as defined in section 208.2 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1989B09923304CA7A7DD5C46A9CA5EBB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Full file of death information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use information collected pursuant to section 205(r)(1) of the Social Security Act to ensure no payment is treated as having been made under subsection (a) by an individual who is deceased.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H746DB0B7C24B465BAD7D807031E995C0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, including—</text> <paragraph id="H38774AAFA0204AF09C5167C55EF8BDF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>regulations or other guidance providing citizens the opportunity to provide the Secretary information sufficient to allow the Secretary to make payments to such citizens under this section if such information is not otherwise available to the Secretary,</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HE9FAE6DAEB23439F8743A3AF7466414A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>regulations or other guidance to ensure to the maximum extent administratively practicable that, in determining the amount of any overpayment under this section, an individual is not taken into account more than once, including by different taxpayers and including by reason of a change in joint return status or dependent status between the taxable years, and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D8F0D0B0D6043D1B83DDE8DA3D5F15F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulations or other guidance to allow dependents of the incarcerated to receive payments if (C)(2) prevents dependents from accessing payments.</text></paragraph></subsection> </section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> 
<subsection id="HA29F96E1FD5A45ABBFC438ED1993FC92" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative provisions</header> 
<paragraph id="HBD3DB6F0BAA74C6AA10A5350558D4773" commented="no">
                    <enum>(1)</enum>
                    <header>Definition of deficiency</header>
 <text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6211">Section 6211(b)(4)(A)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>7527A, and 6433</quote> and inserting <quote>7527A, 6333, and 6436</quote>.</text>
                </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HF56C18EF52464A34A15191B58666C507" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> 
<subparagraph id="H740C5CF0D9ED4826BD7A9CE8CD864425" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>6436,</quote> after <quote>6428A,</quote>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1C0127406A2244C4ACA3A8C651E6A76C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The table of sections for subchapter B of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/65">chapter 65</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end following new item:</text> 
<quoted-block id="H64A79E995658450BBF250C49962787F5" style="OLC"> 
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H47AC24F6C36E4F22AD4B59EFFFA5CC61" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> 
<toc-entry idref="H944834FF0E9D45B197A3C70B6BBE38FF" level="section">Sec. 6436. Tariff revenue rebate overpayment.</toc-entry> </toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HB93D85024DEA428EA3E42BE8E94D40E7" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.</text></subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

