National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 by Rep. Randy Feenstra
Both chambers passed it. It's headed to the President to be signed or vetoed.
This bill authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint legal counsel within the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to report directly to the National Taxpayer Advocate. The bill also expands the authority of the National Taxpayer Advocate to take personnel actions with respect to local taxpayer advocates (located in each state) to include actions with respect to any employee of TAS.
Currently, pursuant to a Department of the Treasury order, all legal counsel whose duties include providing legal advice to any official in any office or bureau of Treasury are part of the Legal Division within Treasury and under the supervision of the General Counsel, with limited exceptions. TAS assists taxpayers in matters involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is part of the IRS, within Treasury.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
- Sep 28, 2026Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5123)
- Sep 28, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5123)
- Sep 28, 2026Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 1, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Mar 31, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 31, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 385 - 0 (Roll no. 85). (text: CR H1349-1350)
- Mar 31, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 385 - 0 (Roll no. 85).
- Mar 31, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1356-1357)
- Mar 31, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Mar 31, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 997.
- Mar 31, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1349-1351)
- Mar 31, 2025Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 27, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 33.
- Mar 27, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-46.
- Feb 12, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- Feb 12, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House