IRS Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-962
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2013-05-15
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations

Comprehensive health care

Department of the Treasury

Executive agency funding and structure

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>IRS Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 to prohibit any amounts made available in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 from being appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for purposes of carrying out such Acts. </p> <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) none of the amounts made available in PPACA or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 should be appropriated to the IRS to carry out any provisions of such Acts in FY2014 or thereafter; and (2) no amounts appropriated to the IRS, from whatever source, for FY2014 or thereafter should be used to implement, enforce, or carry out the provisions of such Acts.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 962 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2013 Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Vitter , and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To prohibit amounts made available by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 from being transferred to the Internal Revenue Service for implementation of such Acts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IRS Accountability Act of 2013 . 2. Prohibition on transfer of funds for health care reform implementation by IRS Title III of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–6 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1315. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the amounts made available in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ) shall be appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of carrying out any provisions of, or amendments made by, such Acts. No amount shall be appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service under this Act for such purpose. . 3. Sense of the Senate It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) none of the amounts made available in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ) or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ) should be appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of carrying out any provisions of, or amendments made by, such Acts in fiscal year 2014 or thereafter; and (2) no amounts appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service, from whatever source, for fiscal year 2014 or thereafter should be used to implement, enforce, or carry out the provisions of, or amendments made by, such Acts.