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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3724 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 382
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3724

                          [Report No. 114-500]

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner 
   of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the 
 Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service 
                            for misconduct.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2015

 Mrs. Noem (for herself and Mr. Roskam) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

                             April 18, 2016

Additional sponsors: Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Smith of 
    Missouri, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Chaffetz

                             April 18, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 
                                8, 2015]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner 
   of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the 
 Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service 
                            for misconduct.

 

    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 ``Ensuring Integrity in the IRS 
Workforce Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REHIRING ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
              SERVICE WHO WAS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM SERVICE FOR 
              MISCONDUCT.

    (a) In General.--Section 7804 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Prohibition on Rehiring Employees Involuntarily Separated.--
The Commissioner may not employ any individual previously employed by 
the Commissioner who was removed for misconduct under this subchapter 
or chapter 43 or chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, or whose 
employment was terminated under section 1203 of the Internal Revenue 
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 382

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3724

                          [Report No. 114-500]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner 
   of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the 
 Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service 
                            for misconduct.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 18, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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