118 HR 360 IH: Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-01-13 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.
I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 360IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 13, 2023Mr. Meuser introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo ensure that employees of the Internal Revenue Service are brought back to their offices until the backlog of 2020 tax returns has been eliminated.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act.
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Bringing IRS employees back to the office
(a)
In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of an applicable employee, such employee shall not be authorized to telework during the period— (1)beginning on the date that is 5 business days after the date of enactment of this Act, and (2)ending on the date on which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue certifies that the processing backlog with respect to income tax returns for taxable year 2020 has been eliminated. (b)
Definitions
In this section— (1)
Applicable employee
The term applicable employee means an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who, as of the date of enactment of this Act, is authorized to telework, on a temporary or permanent basis, pursuant to a policy established by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19). (2)
Telework
The term telework has the same meaning given such term under section 6501(3) of title 5, United States Code.
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Prohibition on obligation of funds until IRS backlog is eliminated
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) may not obligate the funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service under section 10301 of the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117–169) until the date described in section 2(a)(2).