H.R. 1155 119th Congress House

Recovery of Stolen Checks Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to elect to receive certain replacement refunds electronically.

Introduced: February 10, 2025 Introduced by: Nicole Malliotakis Republican · New York See on congress.gov

Taxation Bank accounts, deposits, capitalTax administration and collection, taxpayers

Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 1, 2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 31, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

Mar 31, 2025

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1155.

Mar 31, 2025

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1351-1353)

Mar 31, 2025

Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Mar 31, 2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Mar 31, 2025

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1351)

Mar 27, 2025

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.

Mar 27, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41.

Feb 12, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Feb 12, 2025

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced in House

Feb 10, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recovery of Stolen Checks Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish procedures that allow an eligible taxpayer to elect to receive by direct deposit a replacement of a federal tax refund amount that was originally issued as a paper check and was lost or stolen. (Currently, taxpayers eligible to receive a replacement of a lost or stolen federal tax refund check are generally issued another paper check.)

Hearings & markups 1

Markup of H.R. 1155, H.R. 997, H.R. 998, H.R. 1152, and H.R. 1156
Markup Feb 12, 2025 · 10:00 AM EST · Ways and Means Committee

Related & companion bills 1

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Finance Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 3

Issa, Darrell

California · Feb 13, 2025

Kustoff, David

Tennessee · Feb 10, 2025

Sewell, Terri A.

Alabama · Feb 10, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1155: Recovery of Stolen Checks Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1155/

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