[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 796 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 796

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of 
  the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into private debt collection 
                               contracts.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2009

 Mr. Lewis of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Stark, Mr. Levin, 
Mr. McDermott, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kind, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
    Berkley, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. 
     Schwartz, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the authority of 
  the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into private debt collection 
                               contracts.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO PRIVATE DEBT COLLECTION 
              CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 64 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 6306.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Subchapter B of chapter 76 of such Code is amended by 
        striking section 7433A.
            (2) Section 7811 of such Code is amended by striking 
        subsection (g).
            (3) Section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Service 
        Restructuring Act of 1998 is amended by striking subsection 
        (e).
            (4) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 64 of 
        such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 
        6306.
            (5) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 76 of 
        such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 
        7433A.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Unauthorized contracts treated as void.--Any qualified 
        tax collection contract (as defined in section 6306 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect before its repeal) 
        shall be void.
                                 <all>