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S 335 110th Congress Senate

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

Introduced: May 7, 2008 See on congress.gov
Taxation Collection of accountsDepartment of the TreasuryGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment contractors
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Income taxInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax administration
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It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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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 Latest action January 18, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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.

 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
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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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