[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7428 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7428

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronically 
prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2022

  Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Connolly) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronically 
prepared tax returns to include scannable code when submitted on paper.

    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 ``Streamlining IRS Operations Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE RESOURCE DRAIN BY REQUIRING THAT ELECTRONICALLY 
              PREPARED PAPER RETURNS INCLUDE SCANNABLE CODE.

    (a) In General.--Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Special rule for returns prepared electronically and 
        submitted on paper.--The Secretary shall require that any 
        return of tax which is prepared electronically, but is printed 
        and filed on paper, bear a code which can, when scanned, 
        convert such return to electronic format.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6011(e)(1) of such Code is 
amended by striking ``paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (3) 
and (8)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to returns of tax the due date for which (determined without 
regard to extensions) is after December 31, 2022.
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