S 2222
117th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Employee performance
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Right of privacy
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Protect Taxpayers’ Privacy Act
Introduced: June 24, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protect Taxpayers' Privacy Act
This bill increases to $250,000 the criminal penalty for unauthorized disclosures of taxpayer information by federal employees and tax return preparers. It also lowers the evidentiary requirements for removal of employees from federal service who disclose tax return information without authorization.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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