Holding the IRS Leadership Accountable Act

Bill: 113-s-2517
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2014-06-24
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of the Treasury

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Performance measurement

Political movements and philosophies

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Tax-exempt organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Holding the IRS Leadership Accountable Act - Prohibits the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from providing any performance awards, including bonuses, step increases, and leave time, to IRS senior-level executives until such time as the Inspector General for Tax Administration of the Department of the Treasury&nbsp;certifies that the IRS has provided all documents, including all electronic communications, requested by the&nbsp;congressional committees investigating the targeting of certain taxpayers who applied for tax-exempt status as a social welfare organization.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2517 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 2014 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To prohibit bonuses to senior-level IRS executives until all Congressional requests for documents, including electronic communications, related to the investigation of IRS targeting of taxpayers are complete.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Holding the IRS Leadership Accountable Act . 2. Prohibition on bonuses until IRS complies with Congressional document requests The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall not provide any performance award (including bonuses, step increases, and leave time) to senior-level executives of the Internal Revenue Service until such time as the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration certifies that the Internal Revenue Service has provided all documents, including all electronic communications, requested by the relevant congressional committees in due course of their investigation into the targeting of certain taxpayers who applied for designation as an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.