HR 7972 United States House · 119th Congress

Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act

This bill establishes a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit private sector data scientists for a specialized task force aimed at improving tax administration. The program would hire at least 10 fellows on multi-year contracts to work on complex tax cases, develop data-driven audit methods, and train IRS staff in advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. Fellows would receive competitive pay comparable to senior government positions and could be permanently hired after their terms, while the IRS Commissioner must submit annual reports to Congress on the program's effectiveness and costs. The initiative focuses on using data analysis to enhance audit selection, detect offshore tax evasion, and improve overall tax collection efficiency.
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Mar 2026
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Introduced Mar 18, 2026 Last action Sep 8, 2026
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Sep 8, 2026
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-807.
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Jul 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
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Mar 18, 2026
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Mar 18, 2026
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David Schweikert
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