[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6800 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6800

   To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from hiring enforcement 
    personnel until processing of certain individual tax returns is 
                               completed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2022

 Mr. Westerman (for himself, Mr. Keller, Mr. Latta, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. 
   Miller of Illinois, Mr. Burchett, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Good of 
   Virginia, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from hiring enforcement 
    personnel until processing of certain individual tax returns is 
                               completed.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Internal Revenue Service Processing 
Returns Instead Of Removing Innocent Taxpayers' Income Every Season Act 
of 2022'' or the ``IRS PRIORITIES Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON HIRING OF ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) may not hire 
new enforcement personnel until all individual tax returns from tax 
year 2019 and 2020 are processed.
    (b) Enforcement Personnel.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``enforcement personnel'' means employees of the Internal Revenue 
Service who are--
            (1) special agents in the criminal investigation division,
            (2) revenue officers, or
            (3) revenue agents.
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