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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1101" measure-id="id119hr1101" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-02-06" update-date="2025-09-29">
        <title>Taxpayer Data Protection Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr1101v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-09-29">
            <action-date>2025-02-06</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Taxpayer Data Protection Act</strong></p><p>This bill restricts access to any public money receipt or payment system belonging to the Department of the Treasury.</p><p>Specifically, access is limited to authorized Treasury officers, employees, or contractors meeting certain performance standards who have held a qualified position for at least a year, or who hold other qualifications as provided by the bill.&nbsp;The bill specifically prohibits special government employees (i.e., temporary appointees hired to perform specific tasks) from having access to such systems.&nbsp;The bill also provides that an individual accessing such systems shall be treated as an executive branch employee for purposes of federal criminal conflict of interest laws.&nbsp;</p><p>Treasury's Office of Inspector General must investigate and report on each instance of unauthorized use or other access of such payment systems.</p>]]></summary-text>
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