United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 474 (118th)
RETURN Act
Introduced
24 January 2023
Last action
24 January 2023 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sponsors
Daniel Meuser, Doug LaMalfa, Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27], Eric Crawford, Barry Moore
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act This bill prohibits Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees from teleworking during the period beginning five business days after the enactment of this bill and ending on the date on which the IRS certifies that the processing backlog for income tax returns for all taxable years has been eliminated. The Department of the Treasury may not obligate additional funds for the IRS until the date on which the IRS certifies that the backlog has been eliminated.
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Timeline
24 January 2023
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 24 January 2023 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2023
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 24 January 2023
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 24 January 2023
Sponsors
- Daniel Meuser · R · Sponsor
- Doug LaMalfa · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] · R · Cosponsor
- Eric Crawford · R · Cosponsor
- Barry Moore · R · Cosponsor
- · hswm00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → RETURN Act
- related to ← RETURN Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/474
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/474
- us · 118-hr-474 · source updated 5 December 2025