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House vote: H.R. 997 // March 31, 2025Needed two-thirds to pass

National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025

Sponsor: Randy Feenstra (R-IA)

This bill authorizes the National Taxpayer Advocate to appoint legal counsel within the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to report directly to the National Taxpayer Advocate. The bill also expands the authority of the National Taxpayer Advocate to take personnel actions with respect to local taxpayer advocates (located in each state) to include actions with respect to any employee of TAS. Currently, pursuant to a Department of the Treasury order, all legal counsel whose duties include providing legal advice to any official in any office or bureau of Treasury are part of the Legal Division within Treasury and under the supervision of the General Counsel, with limited exceptions.

Taxation Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

385 votes, representing 235,937,036 people88.5%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

0 votes, representing 0 people0.0%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.5% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon38588.5%
NayLost00.0%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.5%