Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces Bill To Send Tariff Rebate Checks To Americans

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduced authorities connected Monday to supply tariff rebate checks of astatine slightest $600 per big and kid to American families, akin to the stimulus checks nan authorities distributed during nan Covid pandemic.

Hawley submitted his authorities aft pledging to do truthful Friday pursuing President Donald Trump's remark to reporters that he would beryllium willing successful sending a tariff-related rebate cheque to Americans.

“Like President Trump proposed, my authorities would let hard-working Americans to use from nan wealthiness that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country,” Hawley said successful a statement.

Hawley, who championed stimulus cheque authorities pinch Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., amid nan Covid pandemic successful 2020, authored his caller measure to echo that past effort. The programme would beryllium group up arsenic a refundable taxation credit, pinch nan authorities sending checks this twelvemonth should nan measure beforehand done Congress and get Trump’s signature. The measure would guarantee that nan magnitude provided to each big and limited kid is astatine slightest $600. It besides allows for a larger rebate per personification should tariff gross transcend projections.

The measure reduces nan rebate by 5% for associated filers who person adjusted gross income successful excess of $150,000, a caput of family whose income exceeds $112,500 and an individual payer whose income exceeds $75,000.

The Treasury Department reported earlier this month that customs duties totaled astir $27 cardinal for June, an summation of astir $4 cardinal from May. But June besides saw ostentation tick up somewhat arsenic Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs started to activity through nan U.S. economy. The independent Tax Foundation projected that Trump’s tariffs would raise $2.5 trillion successful gross complete nan adjacent decade, but, done value increases, would efficaciously summation taxes connected nan mean U.S. family by astir $1,300 this twelvemonth and astir $1,700 successful 2026, should they stay successful afloat effect.

Hawley’s measure has a agelong roadworthy up of it earlier it could go law. Earlier this year, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., poured acold water connected different connection to nonstop direct checks to Americans. Johnson’s comments were successful consequence to nan thought of a “DOGE dividend” check, wherever nan authorities would nonstop a information of nan savings created by nan alleged Department of Government Efficiency straight to U.S. taxpayers. But DOGE fell acold short of then-leader Elon Musk’s projection of arsenic overmuch arsenic $2 trillion successful savings, and Musk has surgery pinch Trump aft leaving nan management successful May.