A bill to prohibit the use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 114-s-965
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2015-04-15
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury

Executive agency funding and structure

First Amendment rights

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Political movements and philosophies

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure:CR S2223)

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Prohibits the use of any funds by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 965 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15, 2015 Ms. Collins introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To prohibit the use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

1. Prohibition on targeting by the Internal Revenue Service based on the exercise of First Amendment rights None of the funds made available under any Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.