IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-2132
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
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
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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 periods each year (1) beginning on February 12 and ending on May 5, and (2) beginning on September 1 and ending on November 1.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2132 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 17, 2021 Mr. Braun (for himself, Mr. Boozman , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Scott of Florida , and Mr. Inhofe ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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 periods each year— (1) beginning on February 12 and ending on May 5; and (2) beginning on September 1 and ending on November 1. . (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 supersede the terms of any collective bargaining agreement (including a collective bargaining agreement that is in effect, as of the date of enactment of this Act) that are inconsistent with those amendments.