Bill · H.R. 6216· House(119-HR-6216)
Support Our Troops Shipping Relief Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 11/20/2025
- Last activity
- 11/20/2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- Sponsored by
- Seth Moulton
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Support Our Troops Shipping Relief Act of 2025 aims to exempt qualified nonprofit organizations from certain tariff and postal reporting requirements. These organizations send humanitarian care packages containing comfort items and personal supplies to members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas. Currently, commercial trade requirements like listing specific codes and country-of-origin data have caused delays and increased costs for these groups. This bill would remove these customs barriers by allowing simplified documentation. It also directs the U.S. Postal Service to treat these shipments as domestic mail for specific purposes.
Yes· 3 of 8
Does this cut taxes for small businesses?+5
The bill reduces costs for nonprofit organizations by exempting their humanitarian shipments from tariffs and duties.
Does this make it easier to run a small business?+4
The bill eases the regulatory and financial burden on nonprofit organizations acting as small-scale distributors of humanitarian goods.
Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?+4
The bill ensures easier delivery of humanitarian goods and morale items to military personnel and veterans using military mail addresses.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Relief for Nonprofit Organizations: The bill seeks to remove burdens that have led to delays, returned packages, and significant cost increases for volunteer organizations relying on donations (Section 2(a)).
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Benefits for Armed Forces Personnel: By removing customs barriers, the act helps ensure that humanitarian care packages containing comfort items, personal supplies, and messages of a morale-boosting nature reach service members serving overseas (Section 2(a), Section 3(d)(2)).
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Simplified Documentation for Shipping: Qualified nonprofits will no longer be required to provide individual Harmonized System classification codes, country-of-origin declarations, or commercial invoices (Section 3(a)).
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Lower Shipping Costs and Easier Processing: The U.S. Postal Service will treat eligible shipments as domestic mail for all rate, tariff, and customs purposes, and will accept simplified manifests that use general categories like "snack foods" instead of item-by-item data (Section 4(a), Section 4(c)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Potential Regulatory Inconsistencies: If the provisions are found to be inconsistent with Universal Postal Union requirements or Status of Forces Agreements, there may be delays in enforcement of any violations until at least January 31, 2027 (Section 3(c)(2)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Reduces Small Business Taxes+5Improves Small Business Support+4Reduces Government Spending+2
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Veterans+4
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Veterans Benefits+3
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Public Transit+2
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+1
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Poverty Reduction+1
- 11/20/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- Introduced in House