H.R. 7972 · 119th Congress

Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act

Introduced on Mar 18, 2026 by David Schweikert (R-AZ-1). Latest action (Sep 8, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 706.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Mar 18, 2026
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit qualified data scientists to partner with tax law specialists and provide insights and identify emerging and complex issues in tax administration, ranging from data acquisition and quality through developing advanced analytics, statistics, and models to improve core tax administration activities in services and enforcement.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Computers and information technology
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Employment and training programs
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 18, 2026). Public domain.

Taxpayer Workforce Modernization Act

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to establish a fellowship program to recruit qualified data scientists and a task force, which includes such fellows, to support

  • audit case selection and effectiveness,
  • efforts to address offshore tax evasion,
  • use of artificial intelligence and data analytics in tax administration, and
  • various training and educational efforts.

The bill defines a qualified data scientist as a professional who has demonstrated skills applying advanced analytics, statistical modeling, or machine learning in complex regulatory, financial, or compliance environments while working alongside tax law specialists and other tax subject matter experts.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

David SchweikertR-AZ-1Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 18, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Mar 18, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Mar 18, 2026 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Jul 1, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jul 1, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 16.
  6. Sep 8, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-807.
  7. Sep 8, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-807.
  8. Sep 8, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 706.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2 reports
    $650K reported (all issues)
  2. National Taxpayers Union1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • 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
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.