If they don’t get that $20 billion that is at risk they would run out of enforcement money at the current pace sometime in fiscal year 2025,” Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said.

U.S. Treasury officials are calling on Congress to unlock $20 billion in IRS enforcement money that is tied up in legislative language.

The Treasury Department is warning Congress that it needs lawmakers to unlock $20 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service that could be rescinded due to ambiguous legislative language.

The Treasury Department is warning that $20 billion for Internal Revenue Service enforcement efforts is effectively frozen as the result of legislative language used in the stopgap law passed to fund federal agencies through December 20.