To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service and appropriate such amounts to the Department of State Passport Office.

This bill rescinds amounts appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service for certain enforcement activities and departmental funding by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It also appropriates funds to the Department of State passport office, to remain available until September 30, 2025 (a portion of such funds must be reserved for passport offices located in New York). Remaining funds must be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury for reduction of the national debt.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4810 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4810

  To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue 
    Service and appropriate such amounts to the Department of State 
                            Passport Office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2023

  Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
 and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue 
    Service and appropriate such amounts to the Department of State 
                            Passport Office.

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

SECTION 1. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN BALANCES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE 
              INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND APPROPRIATION TO DEPARTMENT 
              OF STATE PASSPORT OFFICE.

    (a) Rescission of Certain Balances Made Available to the Internal 
Revenue Service.-- Of 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, $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    (b) Appropriation to Department of State Passport Office.--There is 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, for the salaries and expenses of new employees of the Department 
of State dedicated to the issuance of passports, of which $10,000,000 
shall be reserved for the salaries and expenses of new employees of the 
Department of State at passport agencies, centers, or acceptance 
facilities located in the State of New York. The unobligated balance of 
any amount made available under this subsection shall be permanently 
rescinded on October 1, 2025, and shall be deposited into the general 
fund of the Treasury for the sole purpose of reducing the national 
debt.
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