Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act

Bill: 115-s-3339
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-08-01
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts

Federal district courts

Jurisdiction and venue

Specialized courts

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal judicial code to authorize a U.S. district court, a U.S. court of appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or the Court of International Trade to transfer to the U.S. Tax Court a misfiled case within the Tax Court's jurisdiction.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3339 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2018 Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to permit other courts to transfer certain cases to United States Tax Court.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act . 2. Transfer of certain cases Section 1631 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting (or, for cases within the jurisdiction of the United States Tax Court, to that court) after any other such court .