,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ac1        
#bjbc,mr4 ,meuser introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to ensure that employees of the
 ,internal ,revenue ,service are brought
 back to their offices until the backlog
 of #bjbj tax returns has been          
eliminated4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,require ,employees
 ,to ,uniformly ,return ,now ,act or the
 ,,return ,act4  #b4 ,bringing ,,irs    
employees back to the office  7a7 ,in   
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 in the case of an     
applicable employee1 such employee shall
 not be authorized to telework during   
the period--  7#a7 beginning on the date
 that is #e business days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 and  7#b7   
ending on the date on which the         
,commissioner of ,internal ,revenue     
certifies that the processing backlog   

with respect to income tax returns for  
taxable year #bjbj has been eliminated4 
7b7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7
 ,applicable employee ,the term         
applicable employee means an employee of
 the ,internal ,revenue ,service who1 as
 of the date of enactment of this ,act1 
is authorized to telework1 on a         
temporary or permanent basis1 pursuant  
to a policy established by the          
,commissioner of ,internal ,revenue in  
response to the coronavirus disease     
#bjai 7,,covid-#ai74  7#b7 ,telework    
,the term telework has the same meaning 
given such term under section #feja7c7  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  #c4
 ,prohibition on obligation of funds    
until ,,irs backlog is eliminated       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary of the ,treasury 7or
 the ,secretary's delegate7 may not     
obligate the funds appropriated to the  
,internal ,revenue ,service under       
section #ajcja of the ,inflation        
,reduction ,act 7,public ,law #aag-afi7 

until the date described in section     
#b7;a77#b74