[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 213 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 213
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal tax collection
services should not be paid for on the basis of a commission or as a
percentage of taxes collected.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 9, 2003
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Baird, Ms. Baldwin,
Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Carson of
Indiana, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis
of Illinois, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
Emanuel, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts,
Mr. Frost, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mr. Holt,
Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr.
Langevin, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lowey, Mr.
Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Ms.
McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Millender-
McDonald, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Miller of North
Carolina, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver,
Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr.
Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Rothman, Ms.
Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr.
Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms.
Slaughter, Ms. Solis, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stark, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Towns,
Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. Waters, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wynn) submitted
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal tax collection
services should not be paid for on the basis of a commission or as a
percentage of taxes collected.
Whereas the Congress feels strongly that taxpayers should be treated fairly in
the Federal tax collection process;
Whereas the Congress has repeatedly stated its opposition to overly aggressive
Federal tax collection techniques;
Whereas section 1204 of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998
specifically prevents employees of the Internal Revenue Service from
being evaluated on the basis of the amount of taxes they collect in
order to eliminate incentives to use overly aggressive tax collection
techniques; and
Whereas paying for Federal tax collection services on the basis of a commission
or as a percentage of taxes collected would provide incentives for
overly aggressive collection techniques: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This resolution may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Abuse Prevention
Resolution of 2003'' .
SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that Federal tax collection
services should not be paid for on the basis of a commission or as a
percentage of taxes collected.
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