3.0.0 3440 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z 2023-01-11T13:33:30Z Senate S 2016-09-28 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-28T20:54:32Z 2016-09-28 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2016-09-28 True Taxation Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of the Treasury Government information and archives Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Taxation 00 2016-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2016-10-07T15:08:00Z Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to publish guidance to establish uniform standards and procedures for the acceptance of signatures in digital or other electronic form for the purposes of: (1) disclosures of tax returns and return information to a designee of the taxpayer, and (2) any power of attorney executed by the taxpayer.

]]> Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2016 Display Title Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide uniform standards for the use of electronic signatures for third-party disclosure authorizations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3440is/xml/BILLS-114s3440is.xml 2016-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.