S.Amdt. 3074

SA 3074. Mr. ROBERTS (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Thune, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

TITLE __--OTHER PROVISIONS

SEC. _01. PROHIBITION ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS TO IRS EMPLOYEES WHO OWE BACK TAXES.

(a) In General.--The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall not provide any performance award (including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who owes an outstanding Federal tax debt.

(b) Outstanding Federal Tax Debt.--For purposes of this section, the term “outstanding Federal tax debt” means any outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which has not been paid after an assessment of a tax, penalty, or interest and

which is not subject to further appeal or a petition for redetermination under such Code. A debt shall not fail to be treated as an outstanding Federal tax debt merely because it is the subject of an installment agreement under section 6159 of such Code or an offer-in-compromise under section 7121 of such Code.