HR 5153 · in committee · significant
TRUST Act
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill creates a Tariff Trust Fund to deposit excess tariff revenue for deficit reduction.
- It affects federal budget management and applies when deficits persist across consecutive fiscal years.
- Starting in FY2026, tariff revenues exceeding FY2025 levels go into the fund to reduce national debt.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would depositing excess tariff revenue into a deficit reduction fund affect the ability to fund other federal priorities like infrastructure or defense?
- 02
What evidence suggests that tariff revenue levels will remain stable enough to reliably fund deficit reduction starting in 2026?
- 03
Which industries or consumers might experience different impacts depending on whether tariff revenues are spent immediately versus set aside for debt reduction?
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Sponsor · R-TX-1
Nathaniel Moran
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Introduced 2025-09-04
Legislative timeline
2025-09-04 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2025-09-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-09-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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