House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
RETURN Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve responses by the Internal Revenue Service to claims for refund, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Deborah Ross D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9481.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9481, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 28, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Deborah Ross.
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- H.R. 5528 (119th) America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4525 (119th) Right to FDA-Approved Medicines Act
- H.R. 4959 (119th) Land of the Free Act of 2025
- H.R. 7375 (119th) End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- H.R. 7711 (119th) No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
Related bills
- S. 5441 (119th) TAS ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.