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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1115
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Commissioner
of the Internal Revenue Service from rehiring any employee of the
Internal Revenue Service who was involuntarily separated from service
for misconduct.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 10, 2019
Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. ENZI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit
the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service from
rehiring any employee of the Internal Revenue Service
who was involuntarily separated from service for mis-
conduct.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Integrity in
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the IRS Workforce Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REHIRING FORMER IRS EMPLOY-
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EES WHO WERE INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED
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FOR MISCONDUCT.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7804 of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
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following new subsection:
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‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON REHIRING EMPLOYEES INVOL-
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UNTARILY SEPARATED.—The Commissioner may not em-
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ploy any individual previously employed by the Commis-
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sioner who was removed for misconduct under this sub-
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chapter or chapter 43 or chapter 75 of title 5, United
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States Code, or whose employment was terminated under
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section 1203 of the Internal Revenue Service Restruc-
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turing and Reform Act of 1998 (26 U.S.C. 7804 note).’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
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graph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a)
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shall apply with respect to any employee removed
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from employment before, on, or after the date of the
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enactment of this Act.
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(2) EXCEPTION.—The amendment made by
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subsection (a) shall not apply to any employee who
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is employed by the Internal Revenue Service as of
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the date of the enactment of this Act with respect
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