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Union Calendar No. 616 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3500 
[Report No. 115–796] 
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 
JULY 27, 2017 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, and Mrs. 
BLACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
JUNE 28, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, and Mr. SESSIONS 
JUNE 28, 2018 
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 July 27, 2017] 
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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 2018’’. 
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 hire 
any individual previously employed by the Commissioner 
who was removed for misconduct under this subchapter 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 Reform Act 
of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to the hiring of employ-
ees after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 616 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3500 
[Report No. 115–796] 
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. 
JUNE 28, 2018 
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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