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HOUSE 1155119th CongressReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Recovery of Stolen Checks Act

Last Action
4/1/2025

Actions

  • 2025-04-01Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2025-03-31Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2025-03-31On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1351)
  • 2025-03-31Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  • 2025-03-31DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1155.
  • 2025-03-31Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1351-1353)
  • 2025-03-31Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2025-03-27Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.
  • 2025-03-27Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41.
  • 2025-03-27Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41.
  • 2025-02-12Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
  • 2025-02-12Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • 2025-02-10Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • 2025-02-10Introduced in House
  • 2025-02-10Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2025-02-10 (00)

Recovery of Stolen Checks Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish procedures that allow an eligible taxpayer to elect to receive by direct deposit a replacement of a federal tax refund amount that was originally issued as a paper check and was lost or stolen. (Currently, taxpayers eligible to receive a replacement of a lost or stolen federal tax refund check are generally issued another paper check.)

Cosponsors (3)

  • Terri Sewell (D-AL)
  • David Kustoff (R-TN)
  • Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Subjects

  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
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