S. 3948
119th Congress
Senate
Direct File Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to codify the Direct File program.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
18
- CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
- INTUIT, INC. AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY INTUIT, INC.)
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
- FEROX STRATEGIES
- MARIA FREESE
- INTUIT, INC. AND AFFILIATES (FORMERLY INTUIT, INC.)
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Treasury, Dept of
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Administration on Aging
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Cosponsors
40
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Alsobrooks, Angela D.
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Baldwin, Tammy
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Bennet, Michael F.
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
D
Booker, Cory A.
D
Cantwell, Maria
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Fetterman, John
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
D
Heinrich, Martin
D
Hickenlooper, John W.
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Kaine, Tim
D
Kelly, Mark
D
Kim, Andy
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King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Luján, Ben Ray
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Murphy, Christopher
D
Murray, Patty
D
Padilla, Alex
D
Reed, Jack
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Sanders, Bernard
D
Schatz, Brian
D
Schiff, Adam B.
D
Schumer, Charles E.
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Smith, Tina
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warner, Mark R.
D
Welch, Peter
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
D
Wyden, Ron
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3948: Direct File Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3948/
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