H.R. 7806 (IH) - Direct File Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr7806ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

119th Congress

Congress Session

2nd Session

Last Action Date Listed

March 4, 2026

Action

Mr. Sherman (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Chu, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Amo, Ms. Adams, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Costa, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Friedman, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Harder of California, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Himes, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Soto, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Torres of New York, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Correa, Mr. Subramanyam, and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

Bill Number

H.R. 7806

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

Direct File Act of 2026

Full Title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to codify the Direct File program.

Sponsors

Brad Sherman(CA)

Cosponsors

Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Steny H. Hoyer (MD); Judy Chu (CA); Mark Pocan (WI); Pete Aguilar (CA); Gabe Amo (RI); Alma S. Adams (NC); Becca Balint (VT); Joyce Beatty (OH); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Julia Brownley (CA); Andre Carson (IN); Sean Casten (IL); Kathy Castor (FL); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (CA); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Steve Cohen (TN); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (NJ); Jim Costa (CA); Danny K. Davis (IL); Madeleine Dean (PA); Diana DeGette (CO); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Christopher R. Deluzio (PA); Maxine Dexter (OR); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Sarah Elfreth (MD); Cleo Fields (LA); Lizzie Fletcher (TX); Bill Foster (IL); Valerie P. Foushee (NC); Lois Frankel (FL); Laura Friedman (CA); Maxwell Frost (FL); John Garamendi (CA); Robert Garcia (CA); Sylvia R. Garcia (TX); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Jimmy Gomez (CA); Al Green (TX); Adelita S. Grijalva (AZ); Josh Harder (CA); Jahana Hayes (CT); James A. Himes (CT); Steven Horsford (NV); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Jared Huffman (CA); Glenn Ivey (MD); Sara Jacobs (CA); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Timothy M. Kennedy (NY); Ro Khanna (CA); Greg Landsman (OH); Rick Larsen (WA); George Latimer (NY); Summer L. Lee (PA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); John W. Mannion (NY); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Sarah McBride (DE); Mrs. McClain Delaney; Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Betty McCollum (MN); James P. McGovern (MA); LaMonica McIver (NJ); Robert Menendez (NJ); Kweisi Mfume (MD); Seth Moulton (MA); Kevin Mullin (CA); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (MD); Ilhan Omar (MN); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Chellie Pingree (ME); Ayanna Pressley (MA); Mike Quigley (IL); Delia C. Ramirez (IL); Emily Randall (WA); Jamie Raskin (MD); Andrea Salinas (OR); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Kim Schrier (WA); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA); David Scott (GA); Lateefah Simon (CA); Adam Smith (WA); Darren Soto (FL); Melanie A. Stansbury (NM); Eric Swalwell (CA); Mark Takano (CA); Shri Thanedar (MI); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Dina Titus (NV); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Jill N. Tokuda (HI); Paul Tonko (NY); Lori Trahan (MA); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Ritchie Torres (NY); Juan Vargas (CA); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Eugene Simon Vindman (VA); James R. Walkinshaw (VA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Nikema Williams (GA); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); J. Luis Correa (CA); Suhas Subramanyam (VA); Grace Meng (NY)

Committees

Committee on Ways and Means (Standing)

United States Code References

26 U.S.C. Chapter 77
29 U.S.C. 794d