3.0.0 2394 2023-01-11T20:08:10Z 2023-01-11T20:08:10Z Senate S S 2007-11-16 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-16T17:50:18Z Tax Lien Simplification Act 110 1124 S 2007-04-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2007-11-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14640-14641) IntroReferral 2007-11-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14640) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-11-16 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-05-14 False Taxation Administrative procedure Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Data banks Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Government publicity Internet Law Science, Technology, Communications Tax evasion Tax liens Tax returns Taxation 00 2007-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-04T16:00:30Z Good Government Contractor Act of 2007 - Repeals provisions of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring government agencies to withhold 3% of payments due contractors providing goods and services to such agencies.

Requires the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to (1) amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require prospective contractors to be free of any tax debt, to require contracting officers to access the national federal tax lien registry and the federal tax conviction database established by this Act in making a determination of responsibility with respect to any prospective contractor, and to establish as cause for contractor debarment and suspension the making of false statements regarding federal tax information; and (2) make final the proposed rule FAR Case 2006-011 (Representations and Certifications - Tax Delinquency).

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and maintain a federal tax lien registry, in lieu of filing tax liens in local jurisdictions, which would be accessible to and searchable by the public through the Internet at no cost; (2) establish the priority of a federal tax lien based upon the date and time of the filing of a notice of lien in the federal tax lien registry; and (3) reduce the period for releasing satisfied or unenforceable tax liens from 30 to 10 days.

Requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database of individuals and entities with convictions for federal tax offenses.

]]> Good Government Contractor Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by providing for a national, Internet accessible, filing system for Federal tax liens, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Good Government Contractor Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Good Government Contractor Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2394is/xml/BILLS-110s2394is.xml 2007-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14640-14641) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.