[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2132 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2132

  To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of taxpayer 
 funded union time for employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 2021

Mr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Scott of 
Florida, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of taxpayer 
 funded union time for employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and 
                          for other 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 ``IRS Customer Service Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON TAXPAYER FUNDED UNION OFFICIAL TIME FOR INTERNAL 
              REVENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

    (a) In General.--Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) The authority provided under subsection (d) shall not apply 
with respect to the Internal Revenue Service, or an employee of the 
Internal Revenue Service, during the periods each year--
            ``(1) beginning on February 12 and ending on May 5; and
            ``(2) beginning on September 1 and ending on November 1.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 7131(d) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ``preceding'' and inserting ``other''.
    (c) Application.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall supersede the terms of any collective bargaining agreement 
(including a collective bargaining agreement that is in effect, as of 
the date of enactment of this Act) that are inconsistent with those 
amendments.
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