To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit disclosure of tax return information to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
- Last Action
- 3/2/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-02Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 2017-03-02Introduced in House
- 2017-03-02Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-02 (00)
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service to disclose certain tax return information to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence or the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, upon receiving a written request from the chairman of the relevant committee. Any return or return information that can be associated with, or otherwise identify, a particular taxpayer may only be furnished to a congressional committee when it is sitting in closed executive session, unless the taxpayer consents in writing to the disclosure.
Cosponsors (20)
- Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
- Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Doris Matsui (D-CA)
- Joaquin Castro (D-TX)
- James Himes (D-CT)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
- WALTER JONES (R-NC)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN)
- William Keating (D-MA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
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