S.Amdt. 3352
What it does: Adds Sec. ___. (a) The Senate finds the following: wherever appropriate
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 3244
Adds Sec. ___. (a) The Senate finds the following: wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. ___. (a) The Senate finds the following:
Inserted: (1) On May 14, 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released the audit report, "Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review," detailing the inappropriate targeting of social welfare organizations by the Internal Revenue Service (referred to in this section as the "IRS").
Inserted: (2) There are on-going Congressional investigations of the inappropriate targeting by the IRS of social welfare organizations that necessitate the prompt sharing of all requested documents.
Inserted: (3) On June 13, 2014, the IRS disclosed that a computer failure reportedly resulted in a loss of emails sent or received by former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner for the period between January 1, 2009, and April 2011.
Inserted: (4) On June 16, 2014, it was exposed that the emails of 6 other IRS employees involved in the inappropriate targeting were also reportedly unrecoverable.
Inserted: (5) A thorough investigation of the inappropriate targeting of social welfare organizations by the IRS is essential to ensure future confidence in the integrity of the United States tax administration.
Inserted: (b) It is the sense of the Senate that--
Inserted: (1) the Commissioner of the IRS and other Administration officials involved in the investigation of the inappropriate targeting by the IRS of social welfare organizations should provide full cooperation to the investigation; and
Inserted: (2) the on-going bipartisan Senate Finance Committee investigation should be encouraged to include efforts to uncover details related to the loss of emails and the subsequent discovery and reporting of such loss.
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SA 3352. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Moran, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. McCain) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3244 submitted by Ms. Mikulski and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4660, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) The Senate finds the following:
(1) On May 14, 2013, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released the audit report, “Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review,” detailing the inappropriate targeting of social welfare organizations by the Internal Revenue Service (referred to in this section as the “IRS”).
(2) There are on-going Congressional investigations of the inappropriate targeting by the IRS of social welfare organizations that necessitate the prompt sharing of all requested documents.
(3) On June 13, 2014, the IRS disclosed that a computer failure reportedly resulted in a loss of emails sent or received by former IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner for the period between January 1, 2009, and April 2011.
(4) On June 16, 2014, it was exposed that the emails of 6 other IRS employees involved in the inappropriate targeting were also reportedly unrecoverable.
(5) A thorough investigation of the inappropriate targeting of social welfare organizations by the IRS is essential to ensure future confidence in the integrity of the United States tax administration.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Commissioner of the IRS and other Administration officials involved in the investigation of the inappropriate targeting by the IRS of social welfare organizations should provide full cooperation to the investigation; and
(2) the on-going bipartisan Senate Finance Committee investigation should be encouraged to include efforts to uncover details related to the loss of emails and the subsequent discovery and reporting of such loss.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 19, 2014