3.0.0 2195 2019-02-20T23:26:18Z 2019-02-24T01:47:34Z Senate S S 2012-03-15 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-15T17:52:46Z Members of Congress Tax Accountability Act of 2011 112 1866 HR 2011-05-12 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2012-03-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2012-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. N Government Operations and Politics Congressional officers and employees Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Members of Congress Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Government Operations and Politics 00 2012-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-03T21:36:22Z Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require all individuals required to file annual financial disclosure reports under the Act to include in their reports the amount of any delinquent tax liability owed to the United States or any state or local government entity.

Requires the appropriate supervising ethics office to open an inquiry immediately into the tax delinquency of that individual to determine: (1) his or her total delinquent tax liability and reason for such delinquency, (2) whether the individual has a plan to eliminate it, and (3) whether it has reflected poorly on Congress or the employing agency.

Prohibits public disclosure of any such delinquent tax liability.

Requires such individual to arrange with the relevant payroll office and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to have his or her salary reduced by an amount appropriate to pay the taxes owed to the United States within a reasonable time period.

]]> Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 Display Title Congressional and Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require Members and employees of Congress and other Federal employees who file under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to disclose delinquent tax liability. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2195is/xml/BILLS-112s2195is.xml 2012-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.