# 119-hr-4738: Baby Safety Tax Relief Act

119-hr-4738, Baby Safety Tax Relief Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4738
- Congress: 119
- Title: Baby Safety Tax Relief Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Blocks presidential emergency tariffs on baby carriages, strollers, baby carriers, and car seats.** This bill would prohibit the President from imposing duties on those items under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and would terminate any such duties already in effect and void substantially similar duties imposed under other authorities. - Families and caregivers would be protected from new emergency import duties on strollers, car seats, carriers, and carriages. - Importers and retailers of these products would have any IEEPA duties ended and would be shielded from substantially similar duties imposed under other authorities. - The bill would restrict the President's ability to use emergency trade powers to impose duties on these specified baby safety items.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Block emergency tariffs on baby gear: benefit, low. If enacted, this would block the President from adding emergency import duties on baby carriages, strollers, baby carriers, and car seats. It would end any such emergency duties in place when the bill takes effect. Duties that are substantially similar under other presidential powers would not appl…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4738 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4738)

## Related
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4738 (as of 2026-07-19).