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To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.
Summary
This bill requires the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress within 180 days evaluating how artificial intelligence could be used to help the Internal Revenue Service detect tax fraud.
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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Vern Buchanan’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION $43,200
- FLORIDA CRYSTALS $16,100
- DERICK DERMATOLOGY $13,200
- BLACKSTONE $8,100
- CASL $7,609
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Vern Buchanan → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Aug 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Aug 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 15, 2025
Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.
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 “Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025” or the “DETECT Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON POTENTIAL FOR USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETECT TAX FRAUD.
The Comptroller General shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. <all>
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