Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act

Bill: 113-hr-4491
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2014-04-28
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Judicial procedure and administration
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act -&nbsp;Prohibits any administrative offset of a claim asserted by the federal government that has been outstanding for more than 10 years.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4491 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2014 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as The Stop Punishing Innocent Taxpayers Act . 2. Restoration of statute of limitations (a) In general Section 3716(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) This section does not apply— (1) to a claim under this subchapter that has been outstanding for more than 10 years; or (2) when a statute explicitly prohibits using administrative offset or setoff to collect the claim or type of claim involved. . (b) Retroactivity In the administration of section 3716(e) of title 31, United States Code, the following provisions of law shall be treated as if they had never been enacted: (1) Section 14219 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–234 ; 122 Stat. 1483), repealed as duplicative enactment by section 4 of Public Law 110–246 ( 7 U.S.C. 8701 note). (2) Section 14219 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–246 ; 122 Stat. 2245).