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H.R. 1865: To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.

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H.R. 1865: To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-04-17 · Taxation · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-04-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.

Plain summary

Amends federal monetary law relating to reduction of a tax refund by the amount of a tax debt to establish a pilot program during 2009 and 2010 for the collection of past-due legally enforceable local government tax obligations. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon receiving notice from any eligible state on behalf of a local government that a named person owes such local government a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation, to: (1) reduce the federal tax refunds payable to such person by the amount of such debt; (2) pay the amount of such reduction to the state for payment to the affected local government; (3) notify the state of the person's name, taxpayer identification number, address, and the amount collected; and (4) notify the person due the refund that it has been reduced by an amount necessary to satisfy a past-due, legally enforceable tax obligation. Requires the Secretary to select between three and five states to participate in the pilot program, including from among: (1) Illinois; (2) Iowa; (3) Louisiana; (4) New York; (5) Ohio; and (6) Virginia. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit disclosure of taxpayer information to agencies of states requesting refund offsets for tax debts owed to local governments.

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Official text

To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction of Federal tax refunds.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] · 5 cosponsors

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Michael R. Turner (R-OH)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr1865 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110