House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Payback Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury to refund American consumers for increased costs resulting from tariffs imposed without congressional authorization, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jasmine Crockett D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7646.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CROCKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 35, February 23, 2026, Page H2258):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7646, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7646
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 12, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jasmine Crockett.
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- H.R. 2497 (119th) Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2025
- H.R. 1782 (119th) SHOPP Act of 2025
- H.R. 4881 (119th) SWIFT VOTE Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.