HR 1116 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2021

Introduced Feb 18, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Peter A. DeFazio D-OR

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Latest action · Feb 18, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 18, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2021

This bill appropriates additional amounts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in FY2022-FY2031 for tax enforcement, improving IRS technology infrastructure, and taxpayer services.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2021 to Apr 26, 2021; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-MNIlhan OmarOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-TNJim CooperOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-TXLloyd DoggettOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalFeb 18, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeFeb 23, 2021
D-CAJudy ChuFeb 23, 2021
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalMar 26, 2021
D-PABrendan F. BoyleMar 26, 2021
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyApr 26, 2021
D-CAKaren BassApr 26, 2021

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred Feb 18, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 18, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Feb 18, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress)

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 31, February 18, 2021, page H536.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To provide for increased audits, improved technology infrastructure, and increased staff for the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of reducing the tax gap, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
IRS Enhancement and Tax Gap Reduction Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 18, 2021Introduced in House

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