I 118THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 4631 To raise awareness of the MilTax program and other tax preparation services provided by the Department of Defense. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY13, 2023 Mr. P ANETTA(for himself and Mr. STEUBE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To raise awareness of the MilTax program and other tax preparation services provided by the Department of Defense. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘MilTax Awareness Act 4 of 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROMOTING THE MILTAX PROGRAM AND TAX PREP-6 ARATION SERVICES. 7 (a) I NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 8 ensure that each member of an Armed Force under the 9 jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department re-10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Aug 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4631.IH H4631 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4631 IH ceives, not later than March 1 of each calendar year, an 1 annual written notice by mail, electronic mail, or in per-2 son, of the availability of the MilTax program and other 3 tax preparation assistance programs furnished by the Sec-4 retary of Defense. 5 (b) R EPORT.—Not later than the date which is 6 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7 Secretary of Defense shall submit a written report to Con-8 gress regarding the rates of participation by members de-9 scribed in subsection (a) in the programs described in such 10 subsection. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Aug 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4631.IH H4631 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS