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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. 
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] 
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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 mis-
conduct. 
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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 ‘‘Ensuring Integrity in 
the IRS Workforce Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REHIRING ANY EMPLOYEE OF THE 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WHO WAS IN-
VOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM SERVICE 
FOR MISCONDUCT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7804 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON REHIRING EMPLOYEES INVOL-
UNTARILY SEPARATED.—The Commissioner may not em-
ploy any individual previously employed by the Commis-
sioner who was removed for misconduct under this sub-
chapter 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 Re-
form Act of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any employee re-
moved from employment before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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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. 
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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 Rev-
enue 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 Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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