HR 997 · 119th Congress · Taxation

National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025

Introduced 2025-02-05· Sponsored by Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.(2025-04-01)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2025-03-31
Roll #85
Yea 385Nay 0
Democrats
193 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
192 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2025-03-31
Roll #85
Yea 385Nay 0
Democrats
193 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
192 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025 This bill authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint legal counsel within the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to report directly to the National Taxpayer Advocate. The bill also expands the authority of the National Taxpayer Advocate to take personnel actions with respect to local taxpayer advocates (located in each state) to include actions with respect to any employee of TAS. Currently, pursuant to a Department of the Treasury order, all legal counsel whose duties include providing legal advice to any official in any office or bureau of Treasury are part of the Legal Division within Treasury and under the supervision of the General Counsel, with limited exceptions. TAS assists taxpayers in matters involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is part of the IRS, within Treasury. …

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H.R. 997, National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025

Apr 1, 2025

As passed by the House of Representatives on March 31, 2025

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat