S 335 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt collection companies, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 18, 2007 Originated Senate Sponsor Byron L. Dorgan D-ND

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jan 18, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 18, 2007
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to suspend the use of private debt collection companies to collect unpaid taxes and prohibits the use of any IRS funds for tax collection contracts with private companies.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 18, 2007 to Jun 12, 2008; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalJan 18, 2007
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalJan 18, 2007
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalJan 18, 2007
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Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Jan 18, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 18, 2007Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 18, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S763-764)
  3. Jan 18, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S3023Benjamin L. Cardin D-MDApr 15, 2008
SenateDebate and remarks S763Byron L. Dorgan D-NDJan 18, 2007

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 3

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009109 pagesAppropriations CommitteeApr 16, 2008
Serial No. 110-75TAX RETURN FILING SEASON, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OPERATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET PROPOSALS, AND THE IRS NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATES ANNUAL REPORT130 pagesWays and Means CommitteeMar 13, 2008
S. Hrg. 110-735FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009431 pagesAppropriations CommitteeMar 5, 2008–May 14, 2008

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 695Taxpayer Abuse and Harassment Prevention Act of 2007Related billJan 29, 2007

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from using private debt collection companies, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 18, 2007Introduced in Senate

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