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HR 5670 113th Congress House

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.

Introduced: September 18, 2014 See on congress.gov
Taxation Computer security and identity theftCrime preventionFraud offenses and financial crimesInternet and video services
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Internet, web applications, social mediaTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) 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.
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Sep 18, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 18, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 18, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft, including the use of security questions that allow for electronic matching of the answers to establish the taxpayer's identity.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 3
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Sep 19, 2014
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Sep 18, 2014
BROWN, CORRINE
· Sep 18, 2014
Collins, Chris
· Sep 18, 2014
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Sep 18, 2014
Grayson, Alan
· Sep 18, 2014
Rice, Tom
· Sep 18, 2014
ROS-LEHTINEN, ILEANA
· Sep 18, 2014
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 18, 2014
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Sep 18, 2014
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Sep 18, 2014
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5670: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5670/
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"H.R. 5670: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5670/.
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H.R. 5670, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5670/.
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[H.R. 5670: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5670/)
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