HR 2565 113th Congress House

STOP IRS Act

Official title: To provide for the termination of employment of employees of the Internal Revenue Service who take certain official actions for political purposes.

Introduced: July 11, 2013 See on congress.gov

Taxation Department of the TreasuryEmployee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruption

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

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Aug 1, 2013

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jul 31, 2013

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5212)

Jul 31, 2013

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Jul 31, 2013

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5212)

Jul 31, 2013

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2565.

Jul 31, 2013

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5212-5214)

Jul 31, 2013

Mr. Renacci moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Jun 27, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jun 27, 2013

Introduced in House

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Latest action August 1, 2013

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Stop Targeting Our Politics IRS Act or the STOP IRS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.

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