The Educational Toy Tax Relief Act would prohibit the President from using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA — the law a president can invoke to impose emergency-based tariffs without a congressional vote) to put duties on five categories of children's goods: products for children under age three, tricycles and scooters and pedal cars for babies and children, playpens and play yards, baby swings, and educational toys. Any IEEPA duties already in effect on those items at enactment would be terminated, and substantially similar duties imposed under any other authority would have no force or effect. The bill is the third in a series of companion legislation following the Baby Sleep Tax Relief Act (HR-4654) and Baby Hygiene Tax Relief Act (HR-4674), all introduced together as a coordinated Democratic response to recent administration use of IEEPA to impose broad tariffs. Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois leads the bill with five Democratic co-sponsors.
Average Household Impact
- IEEPA tariff authority on baby/child items — Prohibited on under-3 products, baby tricycles/scooters/pedal cars, playpens, baby swings, and educational toys
Congressional Summary
Educational Toy Tax Relief ActThis bill prohibits the imposition of duties (i.e., tariffs) on specified baby toy items (e.g., products for children under the age of three, baby swings, and educational toys for babies and children) pursuant to certain presidential powers.Specifically, the bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose duties on specified baby toy items entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)Further, the President must terminate the duties on these items that were imposed pursuant to IEEPA and are in effect as of the date of the bill's enactment.The bill also prohibits the President from using any other authorities to impose duties on these items that are substantially similar to the duties imposed pursuant to IEEPA.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-07-23
- Date Added
- 2026-05-13
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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