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MI SR0171

Resolution

Status

Passed

9/28/2022

Primary Sponsor

James Runestad

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Origin

Senate

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Condemns the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for allocating nearly $80 billion to the Internal Revenue Service, with $45 billion directed to enforcement and only $3 billion to taxpayer services.

  • Objects to the Act authorizing the hiring of 87,000 new IRS employees, which would make the agency larger than the FBI, Pentagon, State Department, and Border Patrol combined.

  • Expresses concern about the IRS's existing arsenal of thousands of rifles, shotguns, pistols, submachine guns, and over 5 million rounds of ammunition, citing a 2017 Treasury Inspector General report documenting civil rights violations by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division.

  • Directs transmission of the resolution to the President, Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Michigan's congressional delegation.

Legislative Description

A resolution to condemn the federal government’s expansion of the Internal Revenue Service through the proposed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

Last Action

Adopted

9/28/2022

Full Bill Text

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