IRS Customer Service Improvement Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2132 To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of taxpayer funded union time for employees of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 17, 2021 Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of taxpayer funded union time for employees of the Inter- nal Revenue Service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IRS Customer Service 4 Improvement Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2132.IS S2132 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2132 IS SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON TAXPAYER FUNDED UNION OFFI- 1 CIAL TIME FOR INTERNAL REVENUE SERV- 2 ICE EMPLOYEES. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7131 of title 5, United 4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 5 lowing: 6 ‘‘(e) The authority provided under subsection (d) 7 shall not apply with respect to the Internal Revenue Serv- 8 ice, or an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, dur- 9 ing the periods each year— 10 ‘‘(1) beginning on February 12 and ending on 11 May 5; and 12 ‘‘(2) beginning on September 1 and ending on 13 November 1.’’. 14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7131(d) of 15 title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the matter pre- 16 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘preceding’’ and insert- 17 ing ‘‘other’’. 18 (c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub- 19 sections (a) and (b) shall supersede the terms of any col- 20 lective bargaining agreement (including a collective bar- 21 gaining agreement that is in effect, as of the date of enact- 22 ment of this Act) that are inconsistent with those amend- 23 ments. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:59 Jun 26, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2132.IS S2132 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS