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No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2015 [HB-1817] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ]
No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2015 Prohibits the payment of any performance award (including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who owes an outstanding federal tax debt.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 04/15/2015

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Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act [HB-1314] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Agriculture ] [Telecommunications ] [Energy ] [Pensions ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ] [Military ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Crime ]
Ensuring Tax Exempt Organizations the Right to Appeal Act TITLE I--BUDGET ENFORCEMENT (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase the discretionary spending limits for FY2016 and FY2017. The bill revises procedures for implementing the sequester of direct spending, which is required under current law and involves cuts that interact with discretionary spending levels. The bill requires the sequester to take place in FY2016 and FY2017 as if the amendments that this bill makes to the discretionary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan Presented To President. on 11/02/2015

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No Amnesty Tax Refunds For Illegals Act [HB-1298] [Taxes ] [Immigration ] [Finance ] [Law Enforcement ]
No Amnesty Tax Refunds For Illegals Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the earned income tax credit to a taxpayer to whom a social security number was issued after the close of the taxable year for which such credit is being claimed, unless the taxpayer can demonstrate citizenship or lawful presence in the United States and eligibility for such social security number in such taxable year. Requires tax return preparers to obtain from such a taxpayer social security and immigration status information relating to eligibility for such credit. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe Introduced In House on 03/04/2015

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IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act [HB-1295] [Trade ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [International ] [Agriculture ] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Education ] [Poverty ]
IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act TITLE I--EXTENSION OF AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015 (Sec. 103) This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to extend through FY2025 the duty-free treatment of the products of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries under those Acts. The extended period also applies to: the preferential treatment of apparel articles wholly assembled, or components knit-to-shape and wholly assembled, in one or more beneficiary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Peter Roskam Became Public Law No: 114-27. (txt | Pdf) on 06/29/2015

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No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act [HB-1206] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits any federal officer or employee from hiring any Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees until the IRS submits to Congress either: (1) a written certification that the IRS does not employ any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt, or (2) a report detailing why the certification cannot be made and necessary remedial actions. A seriously delinquent tax debt is an outstanding tax debt for which the IRS has filed a notice of lien in public records, excluding a tax debt: (1) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 434. on 04/25/2016

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IRS Email Transparency Act [HB-1152] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ] [Ethics ]
IRS Email Transparency Act Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kenny Marchant Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/16/2015

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Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2015 [HB-1144] [Taxes ] [Crime ]
Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2015 Amends the federal criminal code to establish penalties for misconduct against a taxpayer by an Internal Revenue Service employee during the performance of official duties, specifically including a violation of the protections and guarantees afforded under the First Amendment of the Constitution to political speech and political expression.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Turner Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 03/31/2015

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Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 [HB-1058] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ]
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accordance with taxpayer rights, including the right to be informed, to quality service, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to challenge the position of the IRS and be heard, to an appeal in an independent forum, to finality, to privacy, to confidentiality, to retain representation, and to a fair and just tax system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/16/2015

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Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act [HB-1026] [Taxes ] [Law Enforcement ]
Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Department of the Treasury to disclose to any person who provides information indicating a violation of internal revenue laws relating to unauthorized disclosure or inspection of tax information or to unlawful acts of revenue officers or agents: (1) whether an investigation based on such information has been initiated and is open or closed; (2) whether any such investigation substantiated a violation; and (3) whether any action has been taken (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Kelly Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/16/2015

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. should appoint a special counsel or prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the Internal Revenue Service. [SR-487] [Taxes ] [Nonprofit ] [Ethics ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ]
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. should appoint a special counsel or prosecutor, with meaningful independence, to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit advocacy groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ted Cruz Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S4163-4164) on 06/26/2014

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service and calling for an investigation. [SR-159] [Taxes ] [Ethics ] [Law Enforcement ] [Human Rights ] [Crime ]
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) engaged in discriminatory behavior, (2) Congress should use existing authority to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing by individuals who authorized or were involved in targeting people based on their political views and to determine if other entities were involved in or were aware of the discrimination and did not take action to stop the actions of the IRS, and (3) President Obama should terminate the employment of individuals responsible for targeting and willfully (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3960) on 06/04/2013

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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury relating to taxable medical devices. [SJR-8] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ]
Disapproves and nullifies a rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provides guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/27/2013

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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury relating to liability under section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential coverage. [SJR-35] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Disapproves and nullifies final regulations submitted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provide guidance to individual taxpayers on the liability under section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential health care coverage.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Orrin Hatch Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1831) on 03/27/2014

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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury relating to liability under section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential coverage. [SJR-27] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Disapproves and nullifies final regulations submitted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that provide guidance to individual taxpayers on the liability under section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code for the shared responsibility payment for not maintaining minimum essential health care coverage.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Johnson Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S7732) on 10/31/2013

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Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 [S.983] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ]
Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury, or any delegate of the Secretary, from implementing or enforcing any provisions of or amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3580) on 05/16/2013

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IRS Accountability Act of 2013 [S.962] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
IRS Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 to prohibit any amounts made available in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 from being appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for purposes of carrying out such Acts. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) none of the amounts made available in PPACA or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 should be appropriated to the IRS to carry (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/15/2013

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Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013 [S.941] [Taxes ] [Crime ]
Taxpayer Nondiscrimination and Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to set penalties of a fine, up to five years' imprisonment, or both, for any Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee who engages in misconduct that warrants termination of employment (as specified in the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998) during the performance of official duties. Declares that, for purposes of acts and omissions constituting misconduct referred to in that Act, the protections and guarantees afforded under the First (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/14/2013

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Protect Against Ideology-Based Targeting Act [S.937] [Taxes ]
Protect Against Ideology-Based Targeting Act - Prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in reviewing applications for tax-exempt status, from developing or using any methodology that applies disproportionate scrutiny to any applicant for tax-exempt status based on the ideology expressed in the name or purpose of the applicant's organization. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the duties of the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury to require reporting to Congress on the number of complaints that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/14/2013

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Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 [S.725] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Budget and Spending ] [Consumer Protection ]
Small Business Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow businesses with average annual gross receipts of not more than $50,000 that prevail in an administrative or court proceeding involving the determination, collection, or refund of tax, interest, or penalty to recover their costs incurred in such proceedings; (2) increase the amount of civil damages against Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officers or employees for reckless, intentional, or negligent disregard of internal revenue laws and extend from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2651) on 04/15/2013

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Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 [S.676] [Taxes ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Crime ] [Healthcare ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ] [Cybersecurity ] [Senior Citizens ] [Consumer Protection ] [Criminal Justice ]
Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a plan to reduce the administrative time required to process and resolve cases of tax-related identity theft, (2) ensure that taxpayers who have been adversely affected by identity theft have a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), (3) issue a personal identification number to identity theft victims after their true identity has been established and verified, (4) implement a program to prevent the processing of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/09/2013

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