# 116-hr-8501: TEAMS Act

116-hr-8501, TEAMS Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8501
- Congress: 116
- Title: TEAMS Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2020-10-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Tax-preparer Enforcement, Accountability, and Minimum Standards Act or the TEAMS Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers, including by sanctioning preparers for incompetence and disreputable behavior and by establishing minimum competency standards for preparers.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8913: COVID–19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act
- 116-hr-8791: DHS Reform Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8778: Keep Your Home and Prevent Homelessness Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8772: Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8749: DATA Privacy Act
- 116-hr-8714: Family Friendly Schools Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8501 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8501)

## Related
- [116-hr-8913: COVID–19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8913)
- [116-hr-8791: DHS Reform Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8791)
- [116-hr-8778: Keep Your Home and Prevent Homelessness Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8778)
- [116-hr-8772: Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8772)
- [116-hr-8749: DATA Privacy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8749)
- [116-hr-8714: Family Friendly Schools Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8714)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8501 (as of 2025-11-18).