H.R. 7959 · 119th Congress · Taxation
IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Apr 27, 2026
Roll call ↗346
10
Passed the House.
Passed the House on April 27, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
- IntroducedMar 17, 2026
- CommitteeApr 9, 2026
- Passed HouseApr 27, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 5
- 1 Democrat, 4 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on FinanceHouse Committee on Ways and Means
- Lobbying
- At least 3
- organizations named it2026 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill rewrites five parts of the IRS whistleblower program in the tax code.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, April 27, 2026
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill rewrites five parts of the IRS whistleblower program in the tax code. It sets the standard for Tax Court review of award decisions: the review is de novo, based on the administrative record plus any newly discovered or previously unavailable evidence. It lets a whistleblower proceed anonymously before the Tax Court unless the court finds a societal interest in disclosure that outweighs the harm to the whistleblower. It requires the IRS annual whistleblower report to list and describe up to 10 top tax avoidance schemes disclosed by whistleblowers each year. It requires the IRS to pay interest on an award, at the tax overpayment rate, when the agency fails to issue a preliminary award recommendation within 12 months after the proceeds are collected and the refund period has closed. It broadens the above-the-line deduction for attorney's fees to cover awards under section 7623 generally, not only awards under section 7623(b).
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 3 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 8 quarterly reports filed by 2 lobbying firms and by 1 organization lobbying for itself in 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Black Mountain Land Company LP; The Center for A Free Economy; National Taxpayers Union. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.