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HR 5296 114th Congress House

CI Realignment Act

Official title: To make Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation a distinct entity within the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 2016 See on congress.gov
Taxation Congressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of the TreasuryExecutive agency funding and structure
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS)Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
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Became law
Jun 15, 2016
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3765)
May 19, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 19, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 15, 2016

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3765)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CI Realignment Act

This bill establishes a Bureau of Criminal Investigation within the Department of the Treasury and transfers the functions, personnel, assets, and obligations of the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS's) Criminal Investigation Division to the new bureau.

Treasury must provide a semi-annual report to Congress on: (1) the cases the IRS referred to the bureau, and (2) the cases the bureau referred to the Department of Justice.

The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the disclosure of returns and return information to employees and officers of the bureau for tax administration purposes.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1
Renacci, James
· Jun 7, 2016
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Smith, Jason
Missouri · May 23, 2016
Nunes, Devin
· May 19, 2016
Roskam, Peter
· May 19, 2016
TIBERI, PATRICK
· May 19, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5296: CI Realignment Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5296/
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