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S. 1643Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)In Committee

Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2017

Sponsored by Richard BurrSen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Introduced July 27, 2017

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The Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2017 changes the tax code to stop the IRS from rehiring people who were previously dismissed for misconduct. It aims to protect the agency’s integrity by preventing former employees with a record of wrongdoing from returning to IRS jobs. The prohibition applies to all such former employees, with a narrow exception for current staff who were removed for misconduct before the law’s effective date.

Key Provisions

  • Adds a new rule to the Internal Revenue Code that bars the IRS Commissioner from hiring again anyone who was fired or otherwise involuntarily separated from the IRS for misconduct.
  • The rule applies to all former IRS employees who were removed for misconduct, no matter when the removal happened, except for people who were already working for the IRS on the day the law took effect and had been removed for misconduct before that date.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Finance Committee

July 27, 2017

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Introduced in Senate

July 27, 2017

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Finance Committee

July 27, 2017

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Introduced in SenateIssued July 27, 2017

II

115th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1643

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 27, 2017

Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Heller, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service for misconduct.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2017.

2.

Prohibition on rehiring former IRS employees who were involuntarily separated for misconduct

(a)

In general

Section 7804 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(d)

Prohibition on rehiring employees involuntarily separated

The Commissioner may not employ any individual previously employed by the Commissioner who was removed for misconduct under this subchapter or chapter 43 or chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, or whose employment was terminated under section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note).

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(b)

Effective date

(1)

In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(2)

Exception

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any employee who is employed by the Internal Revenue Service as of the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to any removal for misconduct which occurred before such date.