Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act

Bill: 116-s-3184
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-01-14
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Debt collection

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to submit to specified congressional committees and make public online an annual report on current and retired federal civilian and military employees who have delinquent tax debt or an unfiled tax return for the most recent fiscal year.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3184 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 14, 2020 Mr. Braun (for himself and Ms. Ernst ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To require an annual report of Federal employees and retirees with delinquent tax debt.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act . 2. Annual report on Federal employees and retirees with delinquent tax debt (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall submit to the relevant committees and make a public on the internet an annual report on current and retired Federal civilian and military employees who have delinquent tax debt or an unfiled tax return for the most recent fiscal year. (b) Matters included The report under subsection (a) shall include— (1) the population of individuals who are civilian employees, retired civilian employees, active duty military employees, military reserve or national guard employees, and retired military employees; (2) the number of individuals in each category listed in paragraph (1) who have delinquent tax debt (excluding those individuals who have an installment agreement) or an unfiled tax return; (3) the aggregate balance owed and the delinquency rate for each such category; and (4) the information described in paragraphs (2) and (3) broken down by Federal agency. (c) Relevant committees For purposes of this section, the term relevant committees means the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.