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S 2215 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Assault and harassment offenses Department of the Treasury Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Unemployment Wages and earnings

No Bonuses for Tax Cheats Act

Introduced: October 28, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 28, 2015
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No Bonuses for Tax Cheats Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from providing any discretionary performance award to any employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to whom there is substantial evidence of misconduct or a seriously delinquent tax debt. Treasury shall consider such a denial or withholding of a discretionary performance award as an action necessary to protect the integrity of the IRS, for purposes of any collective bargaining agreement.

What's happening now October 28, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Thune, John
South Dakota · Oct 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2215: No Bonuses for Tax Cheats Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2215/
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"S. 2215: No Bonuses for Tax Cheats Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2215/.
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S. 2215, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2215/.
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