To provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft.
Latest action · Apr 18, 2018 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5439 is laid on the table.
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.
- IntroducedApr 9, 2018
- Passed HouseApr 17, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide a single point of contact for any taxpayer whose tax return has been delayed or otherwise adversely affected due to tax-related identity theft. The single point of contact must track the taxpayer's case to completion and coordinate with other IRS employees to resolve case issues as quickly as possible.
The single point of contact must consist of a team or subset of specially trained employees who: (1) have the ability to work across functions to resolve the issues involved in the taxpayer's case, and (2) are accountable for handling the case until its resolution.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2018 to Apr 16, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 9, 2018 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Apr 12, 2018 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 16, 2018 |
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 Apr 9, 2018Markup Apr 11, 2018 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2018Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5439 is laid on the table.
- Apr 17, 2018Mr. Renacci moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 17, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3370-3371)
- Apr 17, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5439.
- Apr 17, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3370)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H3370Text printed H3370 | James B. Renacci R-OH, John Lewis D-GA | Apr 17, 2018 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 13, 2018H.R. 5439, a bill to provide a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theftOrdered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 11, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 56, April 9, 2018, page H3064.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a single point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service for the taxpayers who are victims of tax-related identity theft.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2018Introduced 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.
