H.Res. 1283 · 117th Congress

Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to the House of Representatives a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Small Business/Self Employed Division Decision Memorandum regarding the decision to destroy approximately 30,000,000 paper information returns around the time of March 2021, and any other memorandum related to the decision to destroy those information returns.

Introduced on Jul 26, 2022 by Tom Rice (R-SC-7). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 28, 2022): Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 130.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 26, 2022
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers

Subjects

  • Congressional-executive branch relations
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Government information and archives
  • House of Representatives

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Sep 28, 2022). Public domain.

This resolution directs the Department of the Treasury to provide to the House of Representatives a copy of the Internal Revenue Service Small Business/Self Employed Division Decision Memorandum regarding the decision to destroy approximately 30 million paper information returns around March 2021, and any other memorandum related to the decision to destroy those returns.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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Tom RiceR-SC-7Sponsor

Republicans · 1

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  1. Jul 26, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jul 26, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jul 26, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Sep 20, 2022 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Sep 20, 2022 · HouseOrdered to be Reported Adversely by Voice Vote.
  6. Sep 28, 2022Reported adversely by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 117-523.
  7. Sep 28, 2022 · HouseReported adversely by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 117-523.
  8. Sep 28, 2022 · HousePlaced on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 130.

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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
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