[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 213 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 213

   Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal tax collection 
 services should not be paid for on the basis of a commission or as a 
                     percentage of taxes collected.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2003

 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin, 
 Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Carson of 
Indiana, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis 
  of Illinois, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Doyle, Mr. 
 Emanuel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, 
 Mr. Frost, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt, 
Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie 
 Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. 
 Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. 
    Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms. 
   McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-
    McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Miller of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, 
  Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. 
 Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Rothman, Ms. 
   Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
   Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stark, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Towns, 
Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Waters, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn) submitted 
    the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal tax collection 
 services should not be paid for on the basis of a commission or as a 
                     percentage of taxes collected.

Whereas the Congress feels strongly that taxpayers should be treated fairly in 
        the Federal tax collection process;
Whereas the Congress has repeatedly stated its opposition to overly aggressive 
        Federal tax collection techniques;
Whereas section 1204 of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 
        specifically prevents employees of the Internal Revenue Service from 
        being evaluated on the basis of the amount of taxes they collect in 
        order to eliminate incentives to use overly aggressive tax collection 
        techniques; and
Whereas paying for Federal tax collection services on the basis of a commission 
        or as a percentage of taxes collected would provide incentives for 
        overly aggressive collection techniques: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Abuse Prevention 
Resolution of 2003'' .

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that Federal tax collection 
services should not be paid for on the basis of a commission or as a 
percentage of taxes collected.
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