# 117-hr-9143: To prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds.

117-hr-9143, To prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] (R-TX); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-9143
- Congress: 117
- Title: To prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000 in order to protect low- and middle-income earning American taxpayers from an onslaught of audits from an army of new Internal Revenue Service auditors funded by an unprecedented, nearly $80,000,000,000, infusion of new funds.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2022-10-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill prohibits the use of additional funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for audits of taxpayers with taxable incomes below $400,000.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8] (R-MO), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1] (R-AZ), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] (R-GA), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-9143 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9143)

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