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This bill would take money that was set aside for IRS enforcement work under the Inflation Reduction Act and cancel any unused amounts still available when the bill becomes law. It would then move that same amount of money to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to help pay for the salaries and expenses of new agents and officers who work on security along the southern border.
- It applies only to unused IRS enforcement funds that had not yet been committed or spent.
- The money taken from the IRS would be redirected to Customs and Border Protection.
- The redirected funds would be used to hire and support new border agents and officers.
- The bill is aimed at strengthening security at the southern border of the United States.
Official Summaries
Diverting IRS Resources to the Exigent Crisis Today Act or the DIRECT Act
This bill rescinds unobligated funds that were provided for Internal Revenue Service enforcement activities by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It also reallocates the funds to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the salaries and expenses of new agents and officers hired for the security of the southern border.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 374 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 374
To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue
Service and redirect them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2025
Ms. Tenney (for herself and Mr. Babin) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue
Service and redirect them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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 ``Diverting IRS Resources to the
Exigent Crisis Today Act'' or the ``DIRECT Act''.
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN BALANCES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE.
(a) In General.--The unobligated balances of amounts appropriated
or otherwise made available for enforcement activities of the Internal
Revenue Service by section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of Public Law 117-169
(commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act'') as of the date of
the enactment of this Act are rescinded.
(b) Redirection of Funds to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--
There is appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the
salaries and expenses of new agents and officers hired for the security
of the southern border of the United States an amount equal to the
amount rescinded pursuant to subsection (a).
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