According to Will Coggin at Consumer Freedom, HSUS may be subject to future IRS scrutiny.  During April 2011 Representative Billy Long (R-District 7, MO) together with Congressional colleagues addressed a letter to the then Inspector General of the U.S. Treasury requesting an investigation of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).  The request was based on blatant political involvement and lobbying by HSUS in matters relating to legislation in the State of Missouri.

Former Congressman Billy Long who served in the House from 2011 to 2023 is nominated as for the position of Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.  If confirmed, as expected, he could renew his concern over the HSUS subjecting the ‘charity’ to a review with respect to its tax-exempt status.

Response to the nomination of Billy Long, a real estate developer and auctioneer to head an agency with 85,000 employees and $12 billion budget has been mixed with support from conservative legislators but with expected criticism from the left.