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No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act
To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no employee of the Internal Revenue Service has a seriously delinquent tax debt.
Summary
This bill prohibits the hiring of new Internal Revenue Service employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no current IRS employee has a seriously delinquent tax debt. Seriously delinquent tax debt is defined as an outstanding federal tax debt for which a lien notice has been filed, with certain exceptions for debts being paid under agreement, subject to collection disputes, or subject to levy. The exceptions also exclude debts for which relief has been granted. The hiring freeze remains in effect until all IRS employees have either resolved their delinquent tax debts or fall within the specified exceptions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
Actions (2)
- Jan 13, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Jan 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2025
Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no employee of the Internal Revenue Service has a seriously delinquent tax debt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IRS HIRING OF NEW EMPLOYEES UNTIL CERTIFICATION THAT NO IRS EMPLOYEE HAS A SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.
(a) In General.—No officer or employee of the United States may extend an offer of employment in the Internal Revenue Service to any individual until after the date on which the Secretary of the Treasury publicly issues a written certification that the Internal Revenue Service does not employ any individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt.
(b) Seriously Delinquent Tax Debt.—For purposes of this section, the term “seriously delinquent tax debt” means an outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for which a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant to section 6323 of such Code, except that such term does not include—
(1) a debt that is being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or section 7122 of such Code;
(2) a debt with respect to which a collection due process hearing under section 6330 of such Code, or relief under subsection (a), (b), or (f) of section 6015 of such Code, is requested or pending;
(3) a debt with respect to which a levy has been issued under section 6331 of such Code (or a debt with respect to which the applicant for employment agrees to be subject to a levy issued under such section); and
(4) a debt with respect to which relief under section 6343(a)(1)(D) of such Code is granted. <all>
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