S155-118

Introduced

To ensure that employees of the Internal Revenue Service are brought back to their offices until the backlog of income tax returns has been eliminated.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 31, 2023

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill requires short title This Act may be cited as the Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act and requires bringing IRS employees back to the office Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of an applicable employee, such employee shall not be authorized to telework during the period— beginning on the date that is. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, and tax rate changes. The main policy areas are Regulated Industries and Finance.

Who Benefits and How

Businesses and employers affected by the bill could face lower compliance burdens and Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause could face reduced risk.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause would take on compliance duties and Regulated entities and members of the public affected by the bill would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Requires short title This Act may be cited as the Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act.
  • Requires bringing IRS employees back to the office Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of an applicable employee, such employee shall not be authorized to telework during the period— beginning on the date that is...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill requires short title This Act may be cited as the Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act and requires bringing IRS employees back to the office Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of an applicable employee, such employee shall not be authorized to telework during the period— beginning on the date that is.

Key Policy Areas

Regulated Industries, Finance

Primary Purpose

The bill requires short title This Act may be cited as the Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act and requires bringing IRS employees back to the office Notwithstanding any other law, in the case of an applicable employee, such employee shall not be authorized to telework during the period— beginning on the date that is.

Policy Domains

Regulated Industries Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • Businesses and employers affected by the bill
  • Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause
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Businesses and employers affected by the bill:
Public beneficiaries or protected communities affected by the clause:
Identified Costs
  • Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
  • Regulated entities and members of the public affected by the bill
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Regulated entities and members of the public affected by the bill:
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 31, 2023

Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

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Domains
Regulated Industries Finance

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