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H. Rept. 119-508 1 (2026-02-20)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaibf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-508 BARCODE AUTOMATION FOR REVENUE COLLECTION TO ORGANIZE DISBURSEMENT AND ENHANCE EFFICIENCY ACT FEBRUARY 20, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 6956] The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 6956) to require electronically prepared tax returns to in- clude scannable code when submitted on paper, and to require the use of optical character recognition technology for paper documents received by the Internal Revenue Service, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec- ommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ............................................................... 2 A. Purpose and Sum m ary ..................................................................... 2 B. Background and Need for Legislation .................... 3 C. Legislative H istory ........................................................................... . 3 D. Designated Legislative History ........................................................ 4 II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL .................................................................. 4 A. Scanning and Digitization of Tax Returns and Correspondence .. 4 III. VOTE OF THE COM M ITTEE ..................................................................... 6 IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................ 7 A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects .................. 7 B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi- tures Budget Authority .................................................................. 7 C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ....... 7 V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF TH E H O U SE ............................................................................................. 7 A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................. 7 B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............. 7 C. Applicability of House Rule XXI, Clause 5(b) ................ 8 D. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................ 8 69-006