To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.
Latest action · Mar 24, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedMar 24, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to implement security measures, including the use of security questions, in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated through electronic identity theft.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2015 to Sep 7, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Original | Mar 24, 2015 |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | May 15, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | May 15, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jul 20, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 22, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Oct 22, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Dec 7, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Dec 7, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Sep 7, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Sep 7, 2016 |
Committees 1
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 Mar 24, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 24, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 49, March 24, 2015, page H1901.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 845 | A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft. | Identical bill | Mar 24, 2015 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 24, 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.
