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Summary
This bill requires the Treasury Department to establish procedures allowing taxpayers to elect direct deposit for replacement refunds when their original tax refund check is lost or stolen in the mail. Currently, taxpayers who lose a refund check must receive a replacement by paper check, but this bill gives them the option to receive the replacement electronically instead. The Treasury Department must issue regulations within six months of enactment to implement these procedures.
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Actions (13)
- Apr 1, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Mar 31, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Mar 31, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1351) · house
- Mar 31, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Mar 31, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1155. · house
- Mar 31, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1351-1353) · house
- Mar 31, 2025 Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- Mar 27, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28. · house
- Mar 27, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41. · house
- Feb 12, 2025 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0. · house
- Feb 12, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Feb 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Feb 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to elect to receive certain replacement refunds electronically.
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 “Recovery of Stolen Checks Act”.
SEC. 2. ELECTION TO RECEIVE CERTAIN REPLACEMENT REFUNDS ELECTRONICALLY.
(a) In General.—Section 6402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(o) Election to Receive Certain Replacement Refunds by Direct Deposit.—Not later than the date which is 6 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to establish procedures to allow for taxpayers, which are otherwise eligible to receive an amount by paper check in replacement of a lost or stolen paper check which was previously sent by the Secretary as a refund of an overpayment of tax, to elect to receive such amount by direct deposit in lieu of receiving such replacement paper check.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives March 31, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1155
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to elect to receive certain replacement refunds electronically.
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