[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2045 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2045

To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from 
                initiating any new audits for 180 days.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2013

 Mr. Fleming (for himself, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Culberson, and 
Mr. Benishek) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from 
                initiating any new audits for 180 days.

    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 ``HALT the IRS Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY OF IRS TO INITIATE NEW AUDITS.

    An officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall not 
initiate any new audit of any taxpayer during the 180-day period 
beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act.
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