Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to the Treasury payment systems and confidential taxpayer information.
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Would formally request the President and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver to the House of Representatives — within 14 days — all communications, logs, and records relating to the Department of Government Efficiency's access to federal payment systems and confidential taxpayer information.
What this bill would do
What it would do
The resolution would deploy a procedural tool known as a "resolution of inquiry" to compel document production from the executive branch. Specifically, it would request the President and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit, within 14 days of adoption, any documents — including communications, memoranda, call logs, audit trails, activity logs, written agreements, and screenshots — relating to three subjects: DOGE's or Elon Musk's access to or use of Treasury payment systems; their access to or use of confidential tax returns or taxpayer information as defined under section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code; and any screenshots taken of Treasury payment system data or records by DOGE, Musk, or members of his team.
The resolution only requests documents "to the extent that such documents are in the possession of the President or the Secretary." It does not restrict DOGE's access, impose penalties, or change any law; it is a formal demand for information directed at the executive branch. The resolution was reported adversely by the Ways and Means Committee, meaning the committee recommended against its adoption.
Key provisions
- 1Would request the President and direct the Secretary of the Treasury to transmit all relevant documents to the House within 14 days of adoption.
- 2Would require disclosure of all communications, logs, audit trails, and agreements relating to DOGE's or Elon Musk's access to or use of Treasury payment systems.
- 3Would require disclosure of records relating to DOGE's or Musk's access to confidential tax returns or taxpayer information, as defined under section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code.
- 4Would require disclosure of any screenshots taken of Treasury payment system data or records by DOGE, Musk, or members of his team.
Who would be affected
The resolution would primarily direct the Secretary of the Treasury to produce records, and request the same of the President. Members of the House of Representatives would receive the disclosed documents. Individuals or entities whose access activities are documented — including DOGE staff and Elon Musk — would be subjects of the records sought, as would taxpayers whose confidential return information may have been accessed.
Why it matters
If adopted, the Treasury Secretary would be legally obligated to turn over all relevant communications, audit logs, and screenshots within 14 days. That disclosure could reveal the scope of DOGE's access to Treasury payment infrastructure and sensitive taxpayer data — information that Congress has not yet received through other oversight channels. Failure to comply could become a constitutional confrontation between the legislative and executive branches.
What would change
Agencies directed to act
Effective dates
- Deadline for the President and Treasury Secretary to transmit all covered documents to the House
How implementation would work
The resolution is largely self-executing: upon adoption, a 14-day clock starts for the President (who is "requested") and the Secretary of the Treasury (who is "directed") to transmit covered documents to the House. No rulemaking, grant process, or agency regulation is involved. The scope of required documents is defined in the operative text itself, referencing the statutory definition of confidential tax return information under 26 U.S.C. § 6103. Compliance or non-compliance would be a matter of House-executive relations; the resolution itself contains no enforcement mechanism beyond the formal direction.
Legislative status & sources
Latest action
Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
Official CRS summary
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This resolution requests that the President provide (and directs the Department of the Treasury to provide) to the House of Representatives all communication related to
- access to or use of the Treasury payment system by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, or any member of his team;
- access to or use of confidential tax returns or tax return information by DOGE, Elon Musk, or a member of his team; and
- any screenshots taken of the data or records in the Treasury payment system by DOGE, Elon Musk, or a member of his team.
Legislative subjects
Congressional-executive branch relations; Executive agency funding and structure; Finance and Financial Sector; Government information and archives; House of Representatives; Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information; Presidential administrations; Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Committee report
H. Rept. 119-18