S 941 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013

Introduced May 14, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Marco Rubio R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 14, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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. IntroducedMay 14, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Taxpayer Nondiscrimination and Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to set penalties of a fine, up to five years' imprisonment, or both, for any Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee who engages in misconduct that warrants termination of employment (as specified in the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998) during the performance of official duties.

Declares that, for purposes of acts and omissions constituting misconduct referred to in that Act, the protections and guarantees afforded under the First Amendment of the Constitution to political speech and political expression shall not fail to be treated as rights under the Constitution.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2013 to Jun 12, 2013, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-NVDean HellerOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-ILMark KirkOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalMay 14, 2013
R-GASaxby ChamblissMay 15, 2013
R-ARJohn BoozmanMay 20, 2013
R-SCLindsey GrahamMay 23, 2013
R-MSThad CochranJun 12, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 14, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. May 14, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1950Taxpayer Nondiscrimination & Protection Act of 2013Identical billJun 14, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 14, 2013Introduced in Senate

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