U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024
§ 8022.
Duties
It shall be the duty of the Joint Committee—
(1)
Investigation
(A)
Operation and effects of law
(B)
Administration
(C)
Other investigations
(2)
Simplification of law
(A)
Investigation of methods
(B)
Publication of proposals
(3)
Reports
(A)
To report, from time to time, to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means, and, in its discretion, to the Senate or House of Representatives, or both, the results of its investigations, together with such recommendations as it may deem advisable.
(B)
Subject to amounts specifically appropriated to carry out this subparagraph, to report, at least once each Congress, to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Ways and Means on the overall state of the Federal tax system, together with recommendations with respect to possible simplification proposals and other matters relating to the administration of the Federal tax system as it may deem advisable.
(4)
Cross reference
(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 927; Pub. L. 105–206, title IV, § 4002(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 784; Pub. L. 108–311, title III, § 321(b), Oct. 4, 2004, 118 Stat. 1182; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(b)(57), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1205.)
cite as: 26 USC 8022