[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8320

 To allow taxpayers to indicate whether the Federal income taxes they 
 pay should be used for domestic or international purposes, to rescind 
 certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2024

    Mr. Nehls (for himself and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow taxpayers to indicate whether the Federal income taxes they 
 pay should be used for domestic or international purposes, to rescind 
 certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Spend It At Home Act''.

SEC. 2. TAXPAYER DETERMINATION OF WHETHER FEDERAL INCOME TAXES SHOULD 
              BE USED FOR DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that 
each Federal income tax form includes a provision that allows the 
taxpayer to indicate whether the Federal income taxes paid by the 
taxpayer with respect to the taxable year to which such tax form 
relates should be used by the Federal Government for--
            (1) domestic purposes, or
            (2) international purposes.
    (b) Public Reporting of Information.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall annually make publicly available the following information 
obtained pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to taxable years 
beginning in each calendar year:
            (1) The aggregate amount of Federal income taxes that 
        taxpayers indicated should be used for purposes described in 
        paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) (stated separately for 
        each such paragraph).
            (2) The aggregate number of taxpayers (determined by 
        treated joint returns as 2 taxpayers) who indicated that their 
        Federal income taxes should be used for the purposes described 
        in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) (stated separately 
        for each such paragraph).

SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN BALANCES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE INTERNAL 
              REVENUE SERVICE.

    The unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available for activities of the Internal Revenue Service by paragraphs 
(1)(A)(ii), (1)(A)(iii), (1)(B), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 
10301 of Public Law 117-169 (commonly known as the ``Inflation 
Reduction Act of 2022'') as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
are rescinded.
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