H.R. 6956
BARCODE Efficiency Act
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 434.
Sponsor
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Apr 29, 2026
- Update Date (incl. Text)
- Apr 15, 2026
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 6,956
- Congress
- 119
- Introduced Date
- Jan 7, 2026
- Policy Area
- Taxation
- Is Law
- No
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 434.
Source: House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-508.
Source: House floor actions
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-508.
Source: Library of Congress
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
Source: House committee actions
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Source: House floor actions
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance Efficiency Act or the BARCODE Efficiency Act
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use barcodes, barcode scanning technology, and optical character recognition (or similar) technology to digitize certain federal tax return information and correspondence, unless the technology is slower or less reliable than other IRS processes (subject to conditions).
Specifically, the bill requires a scannable barcode on electronically-prepared federal tax returns that are printed and filed in paper format with the IRS. The bill also requires the IRS to use barcode scanning technology to convert data included on such returns into an electronic format.
Further, the bill requires the IRS to use optical character recognition (or similar) technology to transcribe federal tax returns and correspondence received by the IRS that are not prepared electronically and are received in paper format.
However, under the bill, the use of barcodes, barcode scanning technology, and optical character recognition (or similar) technology is not required if (1) such technology is slower or less reliable than manual transcription or any other IRS process, and (2) the IRS provides a report to Congress regarding the determination to not use such technology.
Ways and Means Committee