Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act

1/11/2023, 1:27 PM

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.

Congress
114

Number
HR - 709

Introduced on
2015-02-04

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

4/16/2015

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo provide for the termination of employment of employees of the Internal Revenue Service who take certain official actions for political purposes.

Policy Areas
Taxation

Potential Impact
Department of the Treasury•
Employee performance•
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management•
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption•
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)•
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/27/2015

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructur...


Latest Action4/16/2015
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.