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H.R. 4974

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4974, the DETECT Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Aug 15, 2025 by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Aug 15, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Record

Text

H.R. 4974 has 7 co-sponsors.

hb4974/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4974 IH: Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-15
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4974  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   August 15, 2025   Mr. Buchanan  (for himself,  Mr. Schweikert ,  Ms. Tenney ,  Mr. Bean of Florida ,  Mr. Feenstra ,  Mr. Smith of Washington , and  Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means    A BILL
To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025   or the   DETECT Act of 2025  .
2.
Report on potential for use of artificial intelligence to detect tax fraud
The Comptroller General shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-08-15
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Aug 15, 2025

hb4974/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (08/15/2025)

Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025 or the DETECT Act of 2025

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to submit a report to Congress within 180 days from the date of enactment on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud.

Sponsors

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) sponsors H.R. 4974, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 6 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4974 went before 1 committee: Ways and Means.

Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Aug 15, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4974 has taken 2 actions since Aug 15, 2025.

ChamberAction
Aug 15, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Aug 15, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 4974 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 4974 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • DETECT Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • DETECT Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require the Comptroller General to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the potential of artificial intelligence to assist the Internal Revenue Service in detecting tax fraud. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 9 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4974 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE114
KATHERINE SYBENGA114
MARAM ABDELHAMID114
MATTHEW SOCKNAT114
MATTHEW SOWARDS114
KURT VORNDRAN113
REGINA HUTTER113
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4974 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4974’s is Taxation.

hr4974/policy-areas.txt
TaxationAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4974, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 138 (Friday, August 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BUCHANAN:H.R. 4974.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H3699]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com