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HR 1595 114th 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: July 20, 2015 See on congress.gov
Taxation Computer security and identity theftFraud offenses and financial crimesTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) 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 2 steps
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Became law
Mar 24, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 24, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to implement security measures, including the use of security questions, in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 3 Republican 3
Curbelo, Carlos
· Sep 7, 2016
Rooney, Thomas
· Apr 13, 2016
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 22, 2015
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jul 20, 2015
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Jun 23, 2015
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jun 23, 2015
Knight, Stephen
· Jun 18, 2015
ROYCE, ED
· Jun 2, 2015
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · May 15, 2015
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Mar 24, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1595: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1595/
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"H.R. 1595: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1595/.
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H.R. 1595, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1595/.
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[H.R. 1595: 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/114-HR-1595/)
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