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Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act
To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit qualified data scientists to partner with tax law specialists and provide insights and identify emerging and complex issues in tax administration, ranging from data acquisition and quality through developing advanced analytics, statistics, and models to improve core tax administration activities in services and enforcement.
Summary
- Requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program by September 30, 2026 to recruit data scientists from the private sector to work on complex tax cases and emerging tax issues.
- Provides for fellows to serve 2-, 3-, or 4-year terms with the option to extend for 1-year periods, and allows the IRS to permanently hire fellows after their fellowship term ends.
- Requires fellows to participate in a task force that develops data-driven methodologies for audit case selection and provides recommendations to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency.
- Directs the task force to support efforts to address offshore tax evasion and to analyze artificial intelligence and data analytics applications in tax administration.
- Requires fellows to be paid at least at the GS-15 General Schedule level but not exceeding the annual compensation cap for federal executives.
- Requires the IRS Commissioner to submit annual reports to Congress analyzing the program's effects, return on investment, number of applicants, and recommendations for changes.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to David Schweikert’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $273,533
- CEO $16,700
- STENSON TAMADDON $13,700
- OPTIMA FINANCIAL GROUP $13,600
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
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Actions (4)
- Jul 1, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 16. · house
- Jul 1, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 18, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Mar 18, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 18, 2026
Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit qualified data scientists to partner with tax law specialists and provide insights and identify emerging and complex issues in tax administration, ranging from data acquisition and quality through developing advanced analytics, statistics, and models to improve core tax administration activities in services and enforcement.
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 “Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act”.
SEC. 2. IRS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.—Not later than September 30, 2026, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue (hereinafter known as the “Commissioner”), after consultation with the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (hereinafter known as the “Chief Counsel”) and the Chief Data and Analytics Officer of the Internal Revenue Service (hereinafter known as the “Chief Data Officer”), shall establish within the Internal Revenue Service a fellowship program (hereinafter known as the “program”) to recruit qualified data scientists in the private sector to join the Internal Revenue Service to create and participate in the task force established under subsection (e).
(b) Objective.—The Commissioner, after consultation with the Chief Counsel and Chief Data Officer, shall design the program in a manner such that the program—
(1) addresses such tax cases handled by the Internal Revenue Service as the Commissioner determines—
(A) are the most complex, or
(B) include new and emerging issues, and
(2) recruits and retains outstanding and qualified tax experts.
(c) Advertisement of Program.—The Commissioner shall advertise the program in such a way as to attract qualified data scientists and such other tax professionals as the Commissioner determines are appropriately qualified to handle the most complex tax cases.
(d) Structure.—
(1) In general.—The program shall be staffed by not fewer than 10 fellows at the discretion of the Commissioner based on the needs of the Internal Revenue Service and the availability of qualified candidates.
(2) Term of service.—
(A) In general.—Each fellow shall be hired for a 2-, 3-, or 4-year term of service.
(B) Extensions.—
(i) In general.—A fellow may apply for, and the Commissioner may grant, a 1-year extension of the fellowship.
(ii) No limit on number of extensions.— There shall be no limit on the number of extensions under clause (i).
(3) Fellowship vacancies.—The Commissioner, after consultation with the Chief Counsel and Chief Data Officer, shall fill vacant fellowships—
(A) in such a manner as to ensure that the program is staffed with no fewer than 5 fellows, and
(B) as soon as practicable after the vacancy arises.
(4) Hiring authority.—The Commissioner shall have authority to permanently hire a fellow at the end of the term of service for such fellow.
(e) Task Force.—Not later than the date on which the first fellowship is awarded under this section, the Commissioner shall establish a task force within the Internal Revenue Service and the office of the Chief Counsel in both national and regional office placements that includes the fellows hired pursuant to subsection (d), the purpose of which is to—
(1) develop, test, and refine data-driven methodologies to support audit case selection,
(2) educate Internal Revenue Service employees on the use, interpretation, and limitations of data analytics, models, and emerging analytic techniques relevant to tax administration,
(3) support, in coordination with examiners and tax experts, the audit of selected taxpayers through advanced data analysis, transaction-level testing, and quantitative modeling,
(4) support efforts to address offshore tax evasion and issues implicating the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act through data integration, anomaly detection, and network analysis,
(5) identify, mentor, and train junior employees from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to using data analytics and emerging analytic techniques to identify risk and facilitate task administration improvements,
(6) review existing use cases of artificial intelligence and data analytics with respect to tax administration, provide recommendations to improve on such existing cases, and identify new such cases, and
(7) provide data-driven recommendations for improving audit effectiveness and efficiency and for improving improper tax payments.
(f) Composition.—The task force established under subsection (e) may be composed of both—
(1) fellows, and
(2) permanent employees of the Internal Revenue Service.
(g) Pay of Fellows.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall determine, subject to the provisions of this subsection, the pay of fellows recruited under subsection (a).
(2) Pay scale.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the pay of a fellow shall not be less than the minimum rate payable for GS- 15 of the General Schedule and shall not exceed the amount of annual compensation (excluding expenses) specified in section 102 of title 3, United States Code.
(h) Administration of Program.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) may appoint a lead program officer to administer and advertise the program.
(i) Annual Review and Report.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first fellowship is awarded under this section, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner shall submit to Congress a report containing—
(1) an analysis of the effects of the program,
(2) an analysis of the return on investment of the program, including calculations of all costs incurred and benefits incurred, which may include predicted revenue increases based on task force recommendations; tax revenue and penalties recommended, assessed, or collected due to the work of the task force; and operational improvements in taxpayer service,
(3) a description of the total number of fellows who apply each year, and
(4) recommendations for changes to the program, if any.
(j) Rules and Regulations.—The Commissioner, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate, other than the Commissioner), shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient administration of the program.
(k) Qualified Data Scientist Defined.—In this subsection, the term “qualified data scientist” means a specialized professional who has demonstrated skills applying advanced analytics, statistical modeling, or machine learning in complex regulatory, financial, or compliance environments while working alongside tax law specialists and other tax subject matter experts. <all>
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