H.R. 6800 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6800 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2022Mr. Westerman (for himself, Mr. Keller, Mr. Latta, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Burchett, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from hiring enforcement personnel until processing of certain individual tax returns is completed. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Internal Revenue Service Processing Returns Instead Of Removing Innocent Taxpayers’ Income Every Season Act of 2022 or the IRS PRIORITIES Act of 2022. 2. Prohibition on hiring of enforcement personnel (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) may not hire new enforcement personnel until all individual tax returns from tax year 2019 and 2020 are processed. (b) Enforcement personnel For purposes of this section, the term enforcement personnel means employees of the Internal Revenue Service who are— (1) special agents in the criminal investigation division, (2) revenue officers, or (3) revenue agents.