3.0.0 7972 2026-09-10T17:58:11Z 2026-09-10T17:58:11Z House H HR 2026-03-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7972 [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SCHWEIKERT:H.R. 7972.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H2597]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Reported By 2026-09-08T19:01:45Z Markup By 2026-07-01T16:06:00Z Referred To 2026-03-18T14:00:45Z 2026-09-08 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 706. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00706 2026-09-08 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-807. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2026-09-08 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-807. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2026-07-01 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 16. Committee 2026-07-01 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2026-03-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2026-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2026-03-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] David Schweikert R AZ 1 N 2026-08-20T21:19:00Z H.R. 7972, Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62710 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 1, 2026 Taxation Accounting and auditing 2026-09-10T17:57:42Z Advanced technology and technological innovations 2026-09-10T17:58:00Z Computers and information technology 2026-09-10T17:58:10Z Data collection, sharing, protection 2026-09-10T17:57:55Z Employment and training programs 2026-09-10T17:57:25Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2026-09-10T17:57:33Z Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 2026-09-10T17:57:48Z Taxation 2026-03-24T01:40:01Z 00 2026-03-18 Introduced in House 2026-07-09T17:03:22Z Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program to recruit qualified data scientists and a task force, which includes such fellows, to support

  • audit case selection and effectiveness,
  • efforts to address offshore tax evasion,
  • use of artificial intelligence and data analytics in tax administration, and
  • various training and educational efforts.

The bill defines a qualified data scientist as a professional who has demonstrated skills applying advanced analytics, statistical modeling, or machine learning in complex regulatory, financial, or compliance environments while working alongside tax law specialists and other tax subject matter experts.

]]> Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act Display Title 45 Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act 2026-09-09T14:52:33Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit qualified data scientists to partner with tax law specialists and provide insights and identify emerging and complex issues in tax administration, ranging from data acquisition and quality through developing advanced analytics, statistics, and models to improve core tax administration activities in services and enforcement. 2026-09-09T14:52:33Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act 2026-09-09T06:53:24Z H House Reported in House RH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act 2026-03-19T08:23:24Z Introduced in House IH Reported in House 2026-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7972rh/xml/BILLS-119hr7972rh.xml Introduced in House 2026-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr7972ih/xml/BILLS-119hr7972ih.xml 2026-09-08 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 706. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.