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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4257 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4257

To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from allowing IRS personnel to 
 use a personal device, including a mobile device, to access, process, 
                transmit, or store taxpayer information.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2024

 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Daines, and 
  Mr. Tillis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL

 
To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from allowing IRS personnel to 
 use a personal device, including a mobile device, to access, process, 
                transmit, or store taxpayer information.

    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 No Devices Bear Your Own 
Data Act'' or the ``END BYOD Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IRS PERSONNEL FROM USING PERSONAL DEVICES FOR 
              BUSINESS PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may not establish, permit, or 
administer any program (regardless of whether such program was 
established before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act) 
which allows any individual described in subsection (b) to use a 
personal device to access, process, transmit, or store any taxpayer 
information which is subject to restrictions on disclosure pursuant to 
section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
    (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual is described in this 
subsection if such individual is--
            (1) an employee of the Internal Revenue Service;
            (2) an employee of an entity that is a party to a contract 
        with the Internal Revenue Service whose job duties involve 
        working under such contract; or
            (3) a volunteer with the Internal Revenue Service.
    (c) Other Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) Personal device.--The term ``personal device'' means 
        any electronic device (including mobile devices, smartphones, 
        tablet computing devices, or laptop computing devices) which--
                    (A) is the personal property of an individual 
                described in subsection (b);
                    (B) has not been furnished to an individual 
                described in subsection (b) by the Internal Revenue 
                Service or any other Federal agency; or
                    (C) in the case of an individual described in 
                subsection (b)(2), has not been furnished to such 
                individual by their employer (except in the case of an 
                individual who is self-employed).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate.
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