IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-4485
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-16
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Labor-management relations

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Taxation
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>IRS Customer Service Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of official time for specified union activities by employees of the Internal Revenue Service during the period each year beginning on February 12 and ending on April 15.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4485 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2021 Mr. Rice of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of taxpayer funded union time for employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IRS Customer Service Improvement Act . 2. Limitation on taxpayer funded union official time for internal revenue service employees (a) In general Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) The authority provided under subsection (d) shall not apply with respect to the Internal Revenue Service, or an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, during the period each year beginning on February 12 and ending on April 15. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 7131(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking preceding and inserting other . (c) Application The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to any collective bargaining agreement entered into after the date of enactment of this section.