[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3500 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3500


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2018

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 2018''.

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 hire 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 the hiring of employees after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.