[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1978 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1978

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the disclosure of 
certain tax return information for the purpose of missing or exploited 
                        children investigations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2011

  Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
   Crowley, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Herger, and Mr. Reichert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the disclosure of 
certain tax return information for the purpose of missing or exploited 
                        children investigations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recovering Missing Children Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN RETURN INFORMATION RELATING TO MISSING OR 
              EXPLOITED CHILDREN INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 6103(i) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or pertaining to the case of a missing 
        or exploited child,'' after ``may be a party,'' in subparagraph 
        (A)(i),
            (2) by inserting ``or to such a case of a missing or 
        exploited child,'' after ``may be a party,'' in subparagraph 
        (A)(iii), and
            (3) by inserting ``(or any criminal investigation or 
        proceeding, in the case of a matter relating to a missing or 
        exploited child)'' after ``concerning such act'' in 
        subparagraph (B)(iii).
    (b) Disclosure to State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--Paragraph (1) of section 6103(i) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Disclosure to state and local law enforcement 
                agencies in the case of matters pertaining to a missing 
                or exploited child.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In the case of an 
                        investigation pertaining to a missing or 
                        exploited child, the head of any Federal 
                        agency, or his designee, may disclose any 
                        return or return information obtained under 
                        subparagraph (A) to officers and employees of 
                        any State or local law enforcement agency, but 
                        only if--
                                    ``(I) such State or local law 
                                enforcement agency is part of a team 
                                with the Federal agency in such 
                                investigation, and
                                    ``(II) such information is 
                                disclosed only to such officers and 
                                employees who are personally and 
                                directly engaged in such investigation.
                            ``(ii) Limitation on use of information.--
                        Information disclosed under this subparagraph 
                        shall be solely for the use of such officers 
                        and employees in locating the missing child, in 
                        a grand jury proceeding, or in any preparation 
                        for, or investigation which may result in, a 
                        judicial or administrative proceeding.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Paragraph (2) of section 6103(a) of such Code 
                is amended by striking ``subsection (i)(7)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)(C) or (7)(A)''.
                    (B) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of such Code 
                is amended by striking ``(i)(3)(B)(i)'' in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting ``(i)(1)(C), 
                (3)(B)(i),''.
                    (C) Paragraph (2) of section 7213(a) of such Code 
                is amended by striking ``(i)(3)(B)(i)'' and inserting 
                ``(i)(1)(C), (3)(B)(i),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to disclosures made after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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