,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ca1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that employees of 
the ,internal ,revenue ,service are     
brought back to their offices until the 
backlog of income 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 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 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