US Congress Senate Bill 273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-29 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service. Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who willfully acts with the intent to injure, oppress, threaten, intimidate, or single out and subject to undue scrutiny for purposes of harassment any person or organization in any state: (1) based solely or primarily on the political, economic, or social positions held or expressed by such person or organization; or (2) because such person or organization has expressed a particular political, economic, or social position using any words or writing allowed by law.

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.

Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-29	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. Hearings held.
2015-01-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/273/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s273/BILLS-114s273is.pdf