US Congress House Bill 4938 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 113-60)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Free File Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to continue to operate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Free File Program. The program must work with state government agencies to enhance and expand the use of the program, while continuing to: provide free commercial-type online individual income tax preparation and electronic filing services to the lowest 70% of taxpayers by income; provide all taxpayers (regardless of income) with a basic, online electronic fillable forms utility; and work with the private sector to provide the free tax preparation and electronic filing services. Treasury must work with the private sector through the program to identify and implement innovative new program features to improve and simplify the taxpayer's experience with completing and filing individual income tax returns. The IRS and members of the tax software and electronic industry involved in the program must support and promote improvements within the program by mutually testing, piloting, and offering innovative solutions to: simplify the tax system, reduce compliance and reporting burdens, increase tax return accuracy through financial data authentication, strengthen the tax system against fraud through cybersecurity collaboration, avoid duplication, and maximize the use of electronic technology.

Free File Act of 2016

Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]
Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]
Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. French Hill [R-AR]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. John Kline [R-MN]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]
Rep. Mia Love [R-UT]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Darrell Issa [R-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Tom Rice [R-SC]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2016-04-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4938/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4938/BILLS-114hr4938ih.pdf