H.R. 6956 House Taxation
Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance Efficiency Act
STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR
Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on finance on Apr 28, 2026.
- House Introduced in House Jan 7, 2026
- House Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Jan 7, 2026
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jan 14, 2026
- House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0. Jan 14, 2026
- House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-508. Feb 20, 2026
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 434. Feb 20, 2026
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3100) Apr 27, 2026
- House Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Apr 27, 2026
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3100-3101) Apr 27, 2026
- House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6956. Apr 27, 2026
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Apr 27, 2026
- House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3100) Apr 27, 2026
- House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Apr 27, 2026
- Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Apr 28, 2026
Cosponsors
1
Subjects
Computers and information technologyDigital mediaGovernment information and archivesTax administration and collection, taxpayers
Committees
- Finance Committee
- Referred To , Apr 28, 2026
- Ways and Means Committee
- Reported By , Feb 20, 2026
- Markup By , Jan 14, 2026
- Referred To , Jan 7, 2026
Summary
Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance Efficiency Act or the BARCODE Efficiency ActThis bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use barcodes, barcode scanning technology, and optical character recognition (or similar) technology to digitize certain federal tax return information and correspondence, unless the technology is slower or less reliable than other IRS processes (subject to conditions). Specifically, the bill requires a scannable barcode on electronically-prepared federal tax returns that are printed and filed in paper format with the IRS. The bill also requires the IRS to use barcode scanning technology to convert data included on such returns into an electronic format.Further, the bill requires the IRS to use optical character recognition (or similar) technology to transcribe federal tax returns and correspondence received by the IRS that are not prepared electronically and are received in paper format.However, under the bill, the use of barcodes, barcode scanning technology, and optical character recognition (or similar) technology is not required if (1) such technology is slower or less reliable than manual transcription or any other IRS process, and (2) the IRS provides a report to Congress regarding the determination to not use such technology.
Summary as of: Introduced in House
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