[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6110. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. RESTRICTIONS ON INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HIRING.

       Section 7804 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Restrictions on Hiring.--The Commissioner of Internal 
     Revenue may not hire any individual who--
       ``(1) is tax noncompliant (as of the date of such hire); or
       ``(2) had been previously been employed by the Internal 
     Revenue Service and was terminated or separated for willful 
     failure to properly file their Federal tax returns.''.
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