Prioritizing Troops Over Tax Collectors Act of 2023
This bill sets a minimum basic pay rate of $31,200 for all U.S. Armed Forces members within 30 days of enactment. To fund this increase, it transfers unobligated IRS funds from the Inflation Reduction Act to the Department of Defense. The bill also temporarily prohibits the IRS from hiring new employees if it would exceed pre-enactment staffing levels until the Department of Defense certifies the pay increase is implemented. These provisions directly affect military personnel through higher pay and the IRS through hiring restrictions.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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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Mike Garcia
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