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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4958 
To provide monetary awards to any individual who provides information 
pertaining to the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during 
her employment at the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2014 
Mr. FLORES (for himself and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide monetary awards to any individual who provides 
information pertaining to the electronic communications 
sent by Lois Lerner during her employment at the Inter-
nal Revenue Service, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Identify and Recover 
Sent E-Mails Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AWARDS IN CONNECTION WITH LOIS LERNER IRS E- 
MAILS. 
(a) RECOVERY OF E-MAILS.—Upon receipt of certifi-
cation from Congress that an individual or group of indi-
viduals has retrieved and submitted to Congress the elec-
tronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her em-
ployment with the Internal Revenue Service, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall pay a cash award of $1,000,000 to 
such individual or group of individuals. 
(b) DESTRUCTION OF E-MAILS.—Upon receipt of cer-
tification from the Attorney General that an individual or 
group of individuals has provided pertinent information 
sufficient for prosecution of the individuals involved in ille-
gal activities (if any) with respect to the destruction of 
the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during 
her employment with the Internal Revenue Service, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay a cash award of 
$500,000 to any such individual or group of individuals. 
(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The award amounts au-
thorized under this section shall be derived from the unob-
ligated amounts available for fiscal year 2014 in Public 
Law 113–76 under the heading ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury—Internal Revenue Service—Taxpayer Serv-
ices’’. 
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SEC. 3. OBLIGATION LIMITATION ON IRS EMPLOYEE SALA-
RIES UNTIL LOIS LERNER IRS E-MAILS ARE 
RECOVERED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available in 
Public Law 113–76 for the salaries for employees of the 
Internal Revenue Service, not more than 80 percent of 
such funds may be obligated during fiscal year 2014 until 
the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during 
her employment with the Internal Revenue Service have 
been recovered and submitted to Congress. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The limitation provided in sub-
section (a) shall cease to apply on the date that Congress 
certifies to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management that such 
e-mails have been recovered. 
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