Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1643
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2017-07-27
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury

Employee performance

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: 2017-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of </strong> <b>201</b><b>7</b></p> <p> This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)&nbsp;from rehiring any individual who was previously employed by the&nbsp;IRS but was removed for misconduct or whose&nbsp;employment was terminated for cause. </p> <p>The bill generally applies with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, or after the date of enactment of this bill. It does not apply to any employee who is employed by the IRS as of the enactment of this bill with respect to any removal for misconduct which occurred prior to enactment. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1643 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 27, 2017 Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Isakson , Mr. Heller , Mr. Roberts , and Mr. Enzi ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service for misconduct.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibition on rehiring former IRS employees who were involuntarily separated for misconduct (a) In general Section 7804 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Prohibition on rehiring employees involuntarily separated The Commissioner may not employ any individual previously employed by the Commissioner who was removed for misconduct under this subchapter or chapter 43 or chapter 75 of title 5, United States Code, or whose employment was terminated under section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 ( 26 U.S.C. 7804 note). . (b) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any employee removed from employment before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Exception The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any employee who is employed by the Internal Revenue Service as of the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to any removal for misconduct which occurred before such date.