Sponsor · U.S. Representative, NY-11 · Republican
House bill · H.R. 1155 (119th Congress)
Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
Summary
Recovery of Stolen Checks Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish procedures that allow an eligible taxpayer to elect to receive by direct deposit a replacement of a federal tax refund amount that was originally issued as a paper check and was lost or stolen. (Currently, taxpayers eligible to receive a replacement of a lost or stolen federal tax refund check are generally issued another paper check.)
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Where it stands
Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Up for a vote
- Passed one chamber
- Passed
- Enacted
Committee
House Committee on Ways and Means · U.S. House of Representatives
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Full history
- Apr 1, 2025
In committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
U.S. House
- Apr 1, 2025
Sent to the executive
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
U.S. Senate
- Mar 31, 2025
Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H1351-1353)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1351-1353)
- Mar 31, 2025
Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H1351-1353)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1351-1353)
- Mar 31, 2025
Considered Under Suspension of the rules. (consideration: cr H1351-1353)
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1351-1353)
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- Mar 31, 2025
Debate - the House Proceeded With Forty Minutes of Debate on H.R. 1155.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1155.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Mar 31, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 31, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 31, 2025
Passed a chamber
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 31, 2025
Passed a chamber
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Mar 27, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.
- Mar 27, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.
- Mar 27, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.
- Mar 27, 2025
Reported out of committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41.
- Mar 27, 2025
Reported out of committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41.
- Mar 27, 2025
Reported out of committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-41.
- Feb 12, 2025
Committee vote
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 12, 2025
Committee vote
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 12, 2025
Committee vote
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 12, 2025
Reported out of committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- Feb 12, 2025
Reported out of committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- Feb 12, 2025
Reported out of committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
- Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
U.S. House of Representatives
- Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. House
U.S. House
- Feb 10, 2025
Referred to committee
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
U.S. House of Representatives
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