H.R. 997 — National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025

In plain terms · AI-written

Would allow the National Taxpayer Advocate to hire independent legal counsel and manage all staff within the Taxpayer Advocate Service.

What it does · Congressional Research Service

National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025 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. TAS assists taxpayers in matters involving the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and is part of the IRS, within Treasury.

The “Introduced in House” summary, Feb 5, 2025. Read it in full on congress.gov.

The record

Chamber: U.S. House
Status: Passed House — Passed the House. The Senate has not voted on it, so it is not close to becoming law.
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: Feb 5, 2025
Latest action: Message on Senate action sent to the House. (Oct 14, 2026)
Subjects: Taxation

Recorded floor votes

Passed — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (Mar 31, 2025, 385–0, House)

Procedural and amendment votes included.

More bills on these subjects

H.R. 9500 — Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
H.R. 9720 — D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act

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