Recovery of Stolen Checks Act has not moved since its introduction on Jul 24, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJul 24, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 71 words.
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.)
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Taxation: 20 of 6,214 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.3%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 387 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 161 words
- Latest action
- Jul 24, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 1155 Recovery of Stolen Checks Act R · Passed one chamber
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]