Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 16, 2015 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2015
- Passed HouseApr 15, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to ensure that IRS employees are familiar with and act in accordance with taxpayer rights, including the right to be informed, to quality service, to pay no more than the correct amount of tax, to challenge the position of the IRS and be heard, to an appeal in an independent forum, to finality, to privacy, to confidentiality, to retain representation, and to a fair and just tax system.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2015 to Apr 13, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Mar 4, 2015 | |
| R-MI | David A. Trott | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Mar 24, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 24, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Mar 25, 2015 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Apr 13, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2015Markup Mar 25, 2015Reported Apr 13, 2015 |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 16, 2015 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 15, 2015Mr. Ryan (WI) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 15, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2230-2232)
- Apr 15, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1058.
- Apr 15, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2230)
- Apr 15, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 13, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-70.
- Apr 13, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
- Mar 25, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 25, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2220, H2230–H2232, H2234Text printed H2230 | Brian Babin R-TX, John Lewis D-GA, Paul D. Ryan R-WI, Peter J. Roskam R-IL | Apr 15, 2015 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2200 | Glenn Thompson R-PA | Apr 14, 2015 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 6, 2015H.R. 1058, Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 25, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 32, February 25, 2015, page H1164.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 943 | Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 15, 2015 |
| S 951 | Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 15, 2015 |
| S 1578 | Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jun 16, 2015 |
| HR 2029 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 | Related bill | Dec 18, 2015 |
| S 2333 | Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015 | Related bill | Nov 30, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that a duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 16, 2015Referred in Senate
- Apr 15, 2015Engrossed in House
- Apr 13, 2015Reported in House
- Feb 25, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
