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H.R. 2389: IRS Verification Act

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H.R. 2389: IRS Verification Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-06-14 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-06-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. 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

IRS Verification Act

Plain summary

IRS Verification Act - Directs the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury to audit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in accordance with audit criteria in the Inspector General Act of 1978 for the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any amounts to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until the report of the IRS audit is submitted to Congress.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

IRS Verification Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] · 24 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard Hudson (R-NC), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Obligation
A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2389 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113