To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the termination of employment of IRS employees for discrimination against any taxpayer on basis of political affiliation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2025
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-16
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee performance

First Amendment rights

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government liability

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Legal fees and court costs

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to terminate the employment of any IRS employee for discrimination against any taxpayer on the basis of political affiliation or for threatening to audit a taxpayer for arbitrary or capricious politically-motivated reasons, and (2) award administrative and litigation costs to taxpayers who prevail against the IRS in any legal or administrative proceeding for wrongful discrimination.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2025 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 16, 2013 Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the termination of employment of IRS employees for discrimination against any taxpayer on basis of political affiliation, and for other purposes.

1. Termination of employment for discrimination against any taxpayer on basis of political affiliation (a) In general Subsection (b) of section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 ( 26 U.S.C. 7804 note) is amended by striking and at the end of paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting ; and , and by inserting after paragraph (10) the following: (11) discriminating against any taxpayer on the basis of political affiliation. . (b) Discrimination on the basis of political affiliation defined Section 1203 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Discrimination on the basis of political affiliation For purposes of subsection (b), discrimination on the basis of political affiliation is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based membership or belief in a particular political party, organization, or ideology. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any action taken after the date of the enactment of this Act. 2. Termination of employment for misuse of government resources (a) In general Paragraph (10) of section 1203(b) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 ( 26 U.S.C. 7804 note), as amended by this Act, is amended by inserting or out of arbitrary or capricious or politically motivated reasons before the semicolon at the end. (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any action taken after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3. Awarding of costs and fees to taxpayers wrongfully discriminated against (a) In general Subsection (a) of section 7430 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting or wrongfully discriminated against, after title, . (b) Wrongful discrimination defined Subsection (c) of section 7430 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: (8) Wrongful discrimination Wrongful discrimination occurs if a final determination is made in an administrative or judicial proceeding that there has been a violation of a right specified in section 1203(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note). . (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to civil actions or proceedings commenced after the date of the enactment of this Act.