WASHINGTON, DC – This week, a new bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that could result in citizens receiving a big tax rebate.
The bill — dubbed the “American Worker Rebate Act of 2025″ — says that U.S. policy should be aimed at using revenue from tariffs on foreign goods to help “working people” in the country.
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Under the legislation, a single taxpayer could receive at least $600, though that figure is multiplied based on the number of joint filers and children in a given household.
For a married couple with no children? The number could be $1,200.
And in a married household with two children? That figure gets raised to $2,400.
However, the bill allows for an even greater return if the volume of tariff proceeds is higher than projected for 2025.
“Americans deserve a tax rebate after four years of Biden policies that have devastated families’ savings and livelihoods,” said U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), who introduced the bill on Monday. “Like President Trump proposed, my legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country.”
Hawley announced his plans to introduce the bill last week after President Donald Trump publicly voiced support for such a proposal.
“We have so much money coming in, we’re thinking about a little rebate, but the big thing we want to do is pay down the debt,” Trump stated. “But we’re thinking about a rebate.”
I will introduce legislation in the Senate to send a rebate check to every working person in America https://t.co/3s3ijAAuEL
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 25, 2025
According to Hawley’s office, the U.S. managed to rake in a record of nearly $30 billion of monthly tariff revenue in June, and some projections indicate that over $150 billion could come in for 2025 alone.
Regardless of the final amount brought out by such a rebate, though, the bill would reduce the benefits by 5% if a taxpayer’s adjusted gross income exceeds:
- $150,000 in the case of a joint return
- $112,500 in the case of a head of household
- $75,000 in the case of a single filer
Hawley’s office described the potential rebates as being similar to those approved by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Earlier this month, NBC reported that the U.S. government had an “unexpected surplus” of tariff revenue in June.
Despite initial concerns about price increases, the Treasury Department announced that tariffs hadn’t actually caused costs to dramatically increase for general consumers.
“Tariffs have yet to have any noticeable negative effects on the aggregated price data,” Treasury Department officials wrote when discussing the latest inflation figures.
Back in February, Trump floated a similar policy regarding a “DOGE Dividend” stimulus check, which would have given out a portion of DOGE’s savings from federal cost-cutting efforts back to the public.
“The numbers are incredible, Elon. So many millions, billions — hundreds of billions,” Trump said at the time. “And we’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens, and 20% down to pay back our debt.”
However, no further action on that front appears to have happened at this time.