[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 709 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 709

   To provide for the termination of employment of employees of the 
    Internal Revenue Service who take certain official actions for 
                          political purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2015

  Mr. Renacci (for himself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Boustany, Mr. 
  Tipton, Mrs. Black, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr. 
 Paulsen, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Ribble, 
  Mr. Reichert, Mr. Farenthold, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. 
Kline, Mr. Joyce, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Flores, Mr. 
 Long, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Delaney, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Johnson of 
  Ohio, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Ross, Mr. Massie, Mr. 
   Rokita, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Pearce, Mr. 
  Carney, Mr. Poliquin, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. 
Stutzman, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Roby) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the termination of employment of employees of the 
    Internal Revenue Service who take certain official actions for 
                          political purposes.

    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 ``Prevent Targeting at the IRS Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES 
              FOR TAKING OFFICIAL ACTIONS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

    Paragraph (10) of section 1203(b) of the Internal Revenue Service 
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(10) performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or 
        threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official 
        action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for 
        purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a 
        political purpose.''.
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