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Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code

Chapter 78 — Discovery of Liability and Enforcement of Title

§ 7621. Internal revenue districts

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment and alteration

The President shall establish convenient internal revenue districts for the purpose of administering the internal revenue laws. The President may from time to time alter such districts.

(b)

Boundaries

For the purpose mentioned in subsection (a), the President may subdivide any State, or the District of Columbia, or may unite into one district two or more States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 904 · 68A Stat. 904

    Enacted · 26 U.S.C. § 7621

    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 904

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 904

  2. Alaska Omnibus Act

    Pub. L. 86–70 § 22(e) · 73 Stat. 141

    Substituted · 26 U.S.C. § 7621(b)

    Pub. L. 86–70 substituted “may unite into one district two or more States or a Territory and one or more States” for “may unite two or more States or Territories into one district”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–70 substituted “may unite into one district two or more States or a Territory and one or more States” for “may unite two or more States or Territories into one district”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Section 7621(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating 68A Stat. 904. to boundaries of internal revenue districts) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Boundaries.— For the purpose mentioned in subsection (a), the President may subdivide any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or may unite into one district two or more States or a Territory and one or more States.”

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 86–70 effective Jan. 3, 1959, see section 22(i) of Pub. L. 86–70, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.

  3. Pub. L. 94–455 title XIX § 1906(a)(53) · 90 Stat. 1520

    Struck · 26 U.S.C. § 7621(b)

    Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “Territory” after “any State” and “or a Territory and one or more States” after “two or more States”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “Territory” after “any State” and “or a Territory and one or more States” after “two or more States”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (53) Amendment or section Tear.— Section 7621 (b) (relating to boundaries of internal revenue districts) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Boundaries.— For the purpose mentioned in subsection (a), the President may subdivide any State or the District of Columbia, or may unite into one district two or more States.”

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1959–1976 · 2 rounds

1976

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “Territory” after “any State” and “or a Territory and one or more States” after “two or more States”.

1959

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–70 substituted “may unite into one district two or more States or a Territory and one or more States” for “may unite two or more States or Territories into one district”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 86–70 effective , see section 22(i) of Pub. L. 86–70, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions

For delegation to Secretary of the Treasury of authority vested in President by this section, see section 1(g) of Ex. Ord. No. 10289, , 16 F.R. 9499, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

Credits

1954–1976 · 3 acts
  1. 1954Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 904
  2. 1959Pub. L. 86–70, § 22(e), , 73 Stat. 146
  3. 1976Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(53), , 90 Stat. 1832.
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(Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 904; Pub. L. 86–70, § 22(e), , 73 Stat. 146; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1906(a)(53), , 90 Stat. 1832.)

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