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HR 374 · in committee · significant

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What this bill does

  • This bill cancels unspent IRS enforcement funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.
  • The affected agencies are the IRS and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  • Redirected funds will pay for new border patrol agents and officers on the southern border.

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  1. 01

    How would reducing IRS enforcement funding affect tax collection rates and revenue compared to the cost of hiring additional border patrol agents?

  2. 02

    Which populations or businesses might be most impacted by decreased IRS enforcement activity versus increased border security operations?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists about the effectiveness of additional border patrol agents in achieving immigration enforcement goals compared to IRS audit capacity?

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Sponsor · R-NY-24

Claudia Tenney

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Introduced 2025-01-13

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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