H.R. 4974 119th Congress House

DETECT Act of 2025

Official title: To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Inter… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.

Introduced: August 15, 2025 Introduced by: Vern Buchanan Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Taxation

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Aug 15, 2025

Introduced in House

Aug 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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What's happening now August 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025 or the DETECT Act of 2025

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to Congress within 180 days from the date of enactment on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
5 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
5 filings
Energy, Dept of
5 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
5 filings
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
5 filings
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
5 filings
General Services Administration (GSA)
5 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 7

Smith, Adrian

Nebraska · Aug 26, 2025

Bean, Aaron

Florida · Aug 15, 2025

Arizona · Aug 15, 2025

Smith, Adam

Washington · Aug 15, 2025

Tenney, Claudia

New York · Aug 15, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4974: DETECT Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4974/

MLA

"H.R. 4974: DETECT Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4974/.

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H.R. 4974, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4974/.

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[H.R. 4974: DETECT Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4974/)