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HR 5833 113th Congress House

Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act

Official title: To require upon request a probable cause hearing in connection with property seizures relating to certain monetary instruments transactions.

Introduced: December 10, 2014 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Criminal procedure and sentencingCurrencyFraud offenses and financial crimesJudicial procedure and administrationProperty rights
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Dec 10, 2014
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 Latest action December 10, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act - Requires notice of a right to request a court hearing to each person whose property is seized or restrained because of an alleged violation of the prohibition against structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements.

Requires the seized or restrained property to be returned, if the person requests a court hearing within 14 days after receiving such notice, unless within 14 days of that request the court holds an adversarial hearing and finds probable cause to believe that such a violation exists.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5833: Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5833/
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"H.R. 5833: Taxpayer Protections Against Abusive Seizures Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5833/.
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H.R. 5833, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5833/.
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