I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6733 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Internal 
Revenue Service from requiring taxpayers to provide biometric information. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2022 
Mr. HUIZENGA (for himself, Mr. POSEY, Mrs. HINSON, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. 
BILIRAKIS, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. RODNEY 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Ms. MACE, 
Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BUCHANAN, 
Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. MANN, and Mr. GARCIA of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 
the Internal Revenue Service from requiring taxpayers 
to provide biometric information. 
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 ‘‘Ban IRS Biometrics 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TAXPAYER BIOMETRIC INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 77 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 7531. TAXPAYER BIOMETRIC INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not, as a 
condition of filing any return, paying any tax, or receiving 
any service provided by the Internal Revenue Service, in-
cluding accessing the taxpayer’s own information, require 
any taxpayer to provide biometric information. 
‘‘(b) BIOMETRIC INFORMATION.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘biometric information’ means infor-
mation regarding any measurable physical characteristic 
or personal behavioral trait used to recognize the identity, 
or verify the claimed identity or location, of an individual, 
including facial images, fingerprints, and iris scans.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7531. Taxpayer biometric information.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to filings and transactions in tax-
able years ending on or after December 31, 2021. 
(d) SAFE
DISPOSAL
OF
COLLECTED
INFORMA-
TION.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury (or 
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such Secretary’s delegate), in consultation with the Direc-
tor of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen-
cy, shall develop a plan for the safe and secure destruction 
and disposal of any biometric information (as defined in 
section 7531(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as added by this section) collected or used by the Internal 
Revenue Service or any third-party vendor on behalf of 
such Service before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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