[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2439 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2439

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner 
   of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the 
 Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service 
                            for misconduct.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 12, 2016

     Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Enzi, and Mr. Heller) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner 
   of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the 
 Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service 
                            for misconduct.

    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 ``Ensuring Integrity in the IRS 
Workforce Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REHIRING ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
              SERVICE WHO WAS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM SERVICE FOR 
              MISCONDUCT.

    (a) In General.--Section 7804 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Prohibition on Rehiring Employees Involuntarily Separated.--
The Commissioner may not employ any individual previously employed by 
the Commissioner who was removed for misconduct under this subchapter 
or chapter 43 or chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, or whose 
employment was terminated under section 1203 of the Internal Revenue 
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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