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S 335 110th Congress Senate Taxation Collection of accounts Department of the Treasury Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Income tax Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax administration

A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt collection companies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 18, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 18, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 18, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S763-764)
Jan 18, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to suspend the use of private debt collection companies to collect unpaid taxes and prohibits the use of any IRS funds for tax collection contracts with private companies.

What's happening now January 18, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 695 Related bill Taxpayer Abuse and Harassment Prevention Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 7, 2008
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 9, 2007
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jun 21, 2007
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 1, 2007
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jan 18, 2007
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jan 18, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 335: A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt collection companies, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-335/
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"S. 335: A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt collection companies, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-335/.
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