IRS Email Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-1152
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Marchant, Kenny [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2015-02-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.</p>

action_date: 2015-04-13
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p><strong>IRS Email Transparency Act</strong></p> <p>Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.</p>

action_date: 2015-04-15
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>IRS Email Transparency Act</strong></p> <p>Prohibits any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service from using a personal email account to conduct official business.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1152 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2015 Mr. Marchant (for himself and Mr. Roskam ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from using personal email accounts to conduct official business.

1. IRS employees prohibited from using personal email accounts for official business No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may use a personal email account to conduct any official business of the Government.

tv_txt: IB 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1152 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from using personal email accounts to conduct official business.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IRS Email Transparency Act . 2. IRS employees prohibited from using personal email accounts for official business No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may use a personal email account to conduct any official business of the Government.

Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 49 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1152 [Report No. 114–69] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2015 Mr. Marchant (for himself and Mr. Roskam ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means April 13, 2015 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 27, 2015 A BILL To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from using personal email accounts to conduct official business.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IRS Email Transparency Act . 2. IRS employees prohibited from using personal email accounts for official business No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may use a personal email account to conduct any official business of the Government.

April 13, 2015 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1152 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16, 2015 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance AN ACT To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from using personal email accounts to conduct official business.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IRS Email Transparency Act . 2. IRS employees prohibited from using personal email accounts for official business No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service may use a personal email account to conduct any official business of the Government.

Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk