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136 STAT. 1832 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 1343(b)), and to provide other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $45,637,400,000, to remain avail- able until September 30, 2031: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. (iii) OPERATIONS SUPPORT.—For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; and other services as author- ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter- mined by the Commissioner, $25,326,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. (iv) BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION.—For nec- essary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s busi- ness systems modernization program, including development of callback technology and other tech- nology to provide a more personalized customer service but not including the operation and maintenance of legacy systems, $4,750,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. (B) TASK FORCE TO DESIGN AN IRS-RUN FREE ‘‘DIRECT EFILE’’ TAX RETURN SYSTEM.—For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to deliver to Congress, within nine months following the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on (I) the cost (including options for differen- tial coverage based on taxpayer adjusted gross income and return complexity) of developing and running a free direct efile tax return system, including costs to build and admin- ister each release, with a focus on multi-lingual and mobile- friendly features and safeguards for taxpayer data; (II) taxpayer opinions, expectations, and level of trust, based on surveys, for such a free direct efile system; and (III) the opinions of an independent third-party on the overall feasibility, approach, schedule, cost, organizational design, and Internal Revenue Service capacity to deliver such a direct efile tax return system, $15,000,000, to remain avail- able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to amounts otherwise avail- able for such purposes. (2) TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRA- TION.—For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen- eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector Gen- eral Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services VerDate Sep 11 2014 13:57 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00016 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw