Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
The summary
What this bill does
Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish procedures that allow an eligible taxpayer to elect to receive by direct deposit a replacement of a federal tax refund amount that was originally issued as a paper check and was lost or stolen. (Currently, taxpayers eligible to receive a replacement of a lost or stolen federal tax refund check are generally issued another paper check.)
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jul 24, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - Tennessee District 7 · R-TN
9 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - VA · D-VA
U.S. Representative - WV · R-WV
U.S. Representative - NE · R-NE
Member of Congress · R-OH
U.S. Representative - NH · D-NH
U.S. Representative - OR · D-OR
Member of Congress · D-GA
Member of Congress · R-FL
U.S. Representative - NV · D-NV
Roll-call vote
The vote, by member
The vote, by member
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 2449 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. |
| Policy Area | Taxation |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | July 24, 2025 |
| Latest Action | July 24, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 9 · House vote — · 1 views |