[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 76 (Thursday, May 2, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S3319]
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      By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
        Daines, and Mr. Tillis):
  S. 4257. A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from 
allowing IRS personnel to use a personal device, including a mobile 
device, to access, process, transmit, or store taxpayer information; to 
the Committee on Finance.
  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4257

       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 No Devices Bear 
     Your Own Data Act'' or the ``END BYOD Act''.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IRS PERSONNEL FROM USING PERSONAL DEVICES 
                   FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary may not establish, permit, 
     or administer any program (regardless of whether such program 
     was established before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
     this Act) which allows any individual described in subsection 
     (b) to use a personal device to access, process, transmit, or 
     store any taxpayer information which is subject to 
     restrictions on disclosure pursuant to section 6103 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual is described in 
     this subsection if such individual is--
       (1) an employee of the Internal Revenue Service;
       (2) an employee of an entity that is a party to a contract 
     with the Internal Revenue Service whose job duties involve 
     working under such contract; or
       (3) a volunteer with the Internal Revenue Service.
       (c) Other Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) Personal device.--The term ``personal device'' means 
     any electronic device (including mobile devices, smartphones, 
     tablet computing devices, or laptop computing devices) 
     which--
       (A) is the personal property of an individual described in 
     subsection (b);
       (B) has not been furnished to an individual described in 
     subsection (b) by the Internal Revenue Service or any other 
     Federal agency; or
       (C) in the case of an individual described in subsection 
     (b)(2), has not been furnished to such individual by their 
     employer (except in the case of an individual who is self-
     employed).
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate.

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