Title: Ban IRS Biometrics Act
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
Ban IRS Biometrics Act
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from requiring taxpayers to provide biometric information as a condition of filing any tax return, receiving any service, or accessing taxpayer information. The bill defines biometric information as any information 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.
Treasury must also develop a plan for the safe and secure destruction and disposal of any biometric information collected or used prior to the enactment of this bill.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3599 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3599

  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Internal 
     Revenue Service from requiring taxpayers to provide biometric 
                              information.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, February 3), 2022

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cruz, Ms. Ernst, 
 Mr. Braun, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ban IRS Biometrics Act''.

SEC. 2. TAXPAYER BIOMETRIC INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue 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, including 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 information 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 taxable years ending on or after 
December 31, 2021.
    (d) Safe Disposal of Collected Information.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury (or such Secretary's delegate), in consultation with the 
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 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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