S. 155 118th Congress Senate

RETURN Act

Official title: A bill to ensure that employees of the Internal Revenue Service are brought back to their offices until the backlog of income tax returns has been eliminated.

Introduced: January 31, 2023 Introduced by: John Kennedy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

Taxation Cardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Infectious and parasitic diseasesInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

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Jan 31, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jan 31, 2023

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action January 31, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act

This bill prohibits Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees from teleworking during the period beginning five business days after the enactment of this bill and ending on the date on which the IRS certifies that the processing backlog for income tax returns has been eliminated.

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