S. 2953

Protecting Financial Privacy Act of 2021

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117th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2953

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 7, 2021

Mr. Tuberville (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring financial institutions to report on the financial transactions of their customers.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Financial Privacy Act of 2021.

2.

Prohibiting the Internal Revenue Service from requiring financial institutions to report on financial transactions of customers

(a)

In general

Subject to subsection (b), the Internal Revenue Service shall not be permitted to create or implement any new financial account information reporting program that—

(1)

was not in effect as of October 1, 2021, and

(2)

would require financial institutions to report data on financial accounts in an information return listing balances, transactions, transfers, or inflows or outflows of any kind.

(b)

Rule of construction

(1)

In general

Nothing in this Act shall preempt, limit, or supersede, or be construed to preempt, limit, or supersede, any provision of, or requirement under, the Bank Secrecy Act or any regulations promulgated under such Act.

(2)

Definition

For purposes of this subsection, the term Bank Secrecy Act means—

(A)

section 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1829b),

(B)

chapter 2 of title I of Public Law 91–508 (12 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.), and

(C)

subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code.