[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 240

  To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish, incrementally 
       over five years, a nationwide program to provide personal 
    identification numbers to taxpayers to help prevent tax-related 
                            identity theft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 2019

Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Internal Revenue Service to establish, incrementally 
       over five years, a nationwide program to provide personal 
    identification numbers to taxpayers to help prevent tax-related 
                            identity theft.

    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 ``Taxpayer Identity Protection Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. IDENTITY PROTECTION PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the 
Treasury or the Secretary's delegate (hereafter referred to in this 
section as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a program to issue, upon 
the request of any individual, a number which may be used in connection 
with such individual's social security number (or other identifying 
information with respect to such individual as determined by the 
Secretary) to assist the Secretary in verifying such individual's 
identity.
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Annual expansion.--For each calendar year beginning 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
        shall provide numbers through the program described in 
        subsection (a) to individuals residing in such States as the 
        Secretary deems appropriate, provided that the total number of 
        States served by such program during such year is greater than 
        the total number of States served by such program during the 
        preceding year.
            (2) Nationwide availability.--Not later than 5 years after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        ensure that the program described in subsection (a) is made 
        available to any individual residing in the United States.
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