HR 1155
Passed a chamber
Requires the IRS to let taxpayers receive a replacement for a lost or stolen tax refund check by direct deposit instead of a new paper check.
Official title: Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
10-FEB-2025
Referred
10-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
12-FEB-2025
Reported
27-MAR-2025
On the calendar
27-MAR-2025
Passed
31-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
01-APR-2025
- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a new subsection to Section 6402 on replacement refunds
- Requires the Treasury Secretary to issue regulations within 6 months after enactment setting up the election procedures
- Applies to taxpayers who would otherwise receive a replacement paper check for a refund of an overpayment of tax
- Takes effect on the date of enactment
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (10-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 31-MAR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Ways and Means Committee (House)
- Finance Committee (Senate)
Taxation
■ 2 R■ 1 D
2 Republicans
1 Democrat