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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 4974

Introduced

DETECT Act of 2025

Sponsor
RVern Buchanan· Florida
Introduced
August 15, 2025
Policy area
Taxation
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.August 15, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4974 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4974 To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 15, 2025 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Schweikert, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Smith of Washington, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025'' or the ``DETECT Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. REPORT ON POTENTIAL FOR USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETECT TAX FRAUD. The Comptroller General shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. <all>

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