US Congress House Bill 4597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the federal criminal code to impose a fine and/or prison term of up to 10 years on any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) who willfully acts, or purports to act, in his or her official capacity, whether or not under color of law, with the intent to injure, oppress, threaten, intimidate, or single out and subject to undue scrutiny for purposes of harassment any person or organization in any state: (1) based solely or primarily on the political, economic, or social positions held or expressed by such person or organization; or (2) because such person or organization has expressed a particular political, economic, or social position using any words or writing allowed by law.

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an employee of the Internal Revenue Service.

Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Stockman [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-05-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB2066 (Related) 2014-03-03 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 311.
SB2073 (Related) 2014-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4597/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4597/BILLS-113hr4597ih.pdf