Recovery of Stolen Checks Act
- Bill Number
- S. 2449
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Taxation
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-07-24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T22:03:25Z
Official Summary
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.)
Sponsor
Cosponsors (9)
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV], Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE], Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Recent Actions
- 2025-07-24: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2025-07-24: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Recovery of Stolen Checks Act — issued 2025-07-24 — PDF (2 pages)