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‘‘(3) An employee may continue to serve, in a 
situation involving financial hardship, if the contin-
ued service of such employee is in the best interests 
of the United States, as determined on a case-by- 
case basis. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management shall report annually to 
Congress on the number of exemptions made pursuant to 
subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘§ 7383. Review of public records 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall provide for 
such reviews of public records as the head of such agency 
considers appropriate to determine if a notice of lien (as 
described in section 7381(1)) has been filed with respect 
to an employee of or an applicant for employment with 
such agency. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUESTS.—If a notice of lien is 
discovered under subsection (a) with respect to an em-
ployee or applicant for employment, the agency may— 
‘‘(1) request that the employee or applicant exe-
cute and submit a form authorizing the Secretary of 
the Treasury to disclose to the head of the agency 
information limited to describing whether the em-
ployee or applicant has a seriously delinquent tax 
debt; and 
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‘‘(2) contact the Secretary of the Treasury to 
request tax information limited to describing wheth-
er the employee or applicant has a seriously delin-
quent tax debt. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION FORM.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall make available to all agencies a standard 
form for the authorization described in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(d) NEGATIVE CONSIDERATION.—The head of an 
agency, in considering an individual’s application for em-
ployment or in making an employee appraisal or evalua-
tion, shall give negative consideration to a refusal or fail-
ure to comply with a request under subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘§ 7384. Confidentiality 
‘‘Neither the head nor any other employee of an agen-
cy may— 
‘‘(1) use any information furnished under the 
provisions of this subchapter for any purpose other 
than the administration of this subchapter; 
‘‘(2) make any publication whereby the infor-
mation furnished by or with respect to any par-
ticular individual under this subchapter can be iden-
tified; or 
‘‘(3) permit anyone who is not an employee of 
such agency to examine or otherwise have access to 
any such information.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VIII—INELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS HAVING SERI-
OUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT 
‘‘7381. Definitions. 
‘‘7382. Ineligibility for employment. 
‘‘7383. Review of public records. 
‘‘7384. Confidentiality.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 9 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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