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H.R. 371 119th Congress House

No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act

Official title: To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no employee of the Internal Revenue … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no employee of the Internal Revenue Service has a seriously delinquent tax debt.

Introduced: January 13, 2025 Introduced by: David Rouzer Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act

This bill prohibits the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees until the Department of the Treasury publicly certifies in writing that the IRS does not employ any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt.

The bill defines seriously delinquent tax debt as an outstanding tax debt for which a notice of lien is filed in public records, but excluding tax debts

  • being paid pursuant to an installment agreement or offer-in-compromise,
  • for which collection action is suspended because a due process hearing or innocent spouse relief is requested,
  • subject to levy, or
  • released from levy due to economic hardship.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 371: No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-371/
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"H.R. 371: No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-371/.
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H.R. 371, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-371/.
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