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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 4746

Introduced

Baby Food Tax Relief Act

Sponsor
DDerek Tran· California
Introduced
July 23, 2025
Policy area
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.July 23, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4746 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4746

To prohibit the imposition of duties on certain baby food items 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 23, 2025

Mr. Tran (for himself, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. 
Schneider, and Mr. Figures) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To prohibit the imposition of duties on certain baby food items 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for 
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Baby Food Tax Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF DUTIES ON CERTAIN BABY FOOD ITEMS 
PURSUANT TO THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS 
ACT.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President--
(1) may not impose duties on the items described in section 
3 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(2) shall terminate the imposition of duties on the items 
described in section 3 pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act that are in effect as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
(b) Duties Under Other Authorities.--Any duties imposed by the 
President on the items described in section 3 pursuant to any other 
authority that are substantially similar to the duties imposed pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act shall have no force 
or effect.

SEC. 3. ITEMS DESCRIBED.

The items described in this section are the following:
(1) Baby bottles.
(2) Breast pumps.
(3) Highchairs and booster seats.
(4) Nursing nipples.
(5) Baby formula.
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