Identify and Recover Sent E-Mails Act

Bill: 113-hr-4958
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2014-06-25
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Evidence and witnesses

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Identify and Recover Sent E-Mails Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay a cash award of $1 million to any individual or group who retrieves and submits to Congress the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her employment with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and (2) pay a cash award of $500,000 to any individual or group who provides pertinent information sufficient for the prosecution of individuals involved in any illegal activities with respect to the destruction of the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her employment with IRS. Directs payment of such awards from the IRS Taxpayer Services Account.</p> <p>Limits the amount of funds that may be obligated for IRS employee salaries in 2014 until the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner have been recovered and submitted to Congress.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4958 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2014 Mr. Flores (for himself and Mr. Gohmert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To provide monetary awards to any individual who provides information pertaining to the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her employment at the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Identify and Recover Sent E-Mails Act . 2. Awards in connection with Lois Lerner IRS e-mails (a) Recovery of e-mails Upon receipt of certification from Congress that an individual or group of individuals has retrieved and submitted to Congress the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her employment with the Internal Revenue Service, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay a cash award of $1,000,000 to such individual or group of individuals. (b) Destruction of e-mails Upon receipt of certification from the Attorney General that an individual or group of individuals has provided pertinent information sufficient for prosecution of the individuals involved in illegal activities (if any) with respect to the destruction of the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her employment with the Internal Revenue Service, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay a cash award of $500,000 to any such individual or group of individuals. (c) Source of funds The award amounts authorized under this section shall be derived from the unobligated amounts available for fiscal year 2014 in Public Law 113–76 under the heading Department of the Treasury—Internal Revenue Service—Taxpayer Services . 3. Obligation limitation on IRS employee salaries until Lois Lerner IRS e-mails are recovered (a) In general Of the amounts made available in Public Law 113–76 for the salaries for employees of the Internal Revenue Service, not more than 80 percent of such funds may be obligated during fiscal year 2014 until the electronic communications sent by Lois Lerner during her employment with the Internal Revenue Service have been recovered and submitted to Congress. (b) Application The limitation provided in subsection (a) shall cease to apply on the date that Congress certifies to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management that such e-mails have been recovered.